Background & Objectives: Tumor diathesis (TD) is defined as granular proteinaceous precipitates on slide surface of cytologic smears. It is found in the background of smears of invasive carcinoma but not in all cases. The aim of present study was to determine the prevalence of TD in cervicovaginal smears from patients with uterine cervix carcinoma. Methods: Cytological smears and histological s...

Carcinomas of the uterine fundus occur more frequently among women showing unusual production of estrogenic hormone than in normal women (15). Although there is less evidence of a correlation of abnormal production of estrogens and tumors of the uterine cervix, at least one investigator has reported that deficiencies of vitamins, with possible coincident impairment of estrogen inactivation, was...

BACKGROUND The delay in detection of premalignant and malignant lesions can have an adverse impact on the outcome of carcinoma cervix. In spite of relatively good healthcare facilities, women in Kerala continue to report in advanced stages of cervical malignancy. OBJECTIVE To analyze factors associated with delayed reporting and to evaluate awareness about screening and vaccination programs f...

INTRODUCTION Most studies point at the main role of humanpapilloma virus (HPV) in the development of dysplasia and cervical cancer. Due to the low specificity and sensitivity of morphological diagnostic methods it is necessary to find an adequate marker which would be introduced in the screening program for cervical cancer. Most research suggests that p16INK4a is a specific and sensitive marker...

Reports of uterine cancer deaths that do not specify the subsite of the tumor threaten the quality of the epidemiologic appraisal of corpus and cervix uteri cancer mortality. The present study assessed the impact of correcting the estimated corpus and cervix uteri cancer mortality in the city of São Paulo, Brazil. The epidemiologic assessment of death rates comprised the estimation of magnitude...

The effect of subtotal hysterectomyon maintenance of induced corpora lutea (CL) in prepuberal gilts, 120 to 130 days of age, was studied. Ovulation was induced with 1,000 IU Pregnant Mare Serum Gonadotropin (PMSG) followed 72 hr later with 500 IU Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (HCG). Thirteen gilts (bred controls) were inseminated on Day 0 (Day following HCG=Day 0). Fifty gilts were laparotomized...

induction of labor is one of the most common procedures during pregnancy. various methods for cervical ripening and labor induction have been described in the obstetrics literature; but the role of corticosteroids in the process of labor is not entirely understood. this study challenged the possible role of corticosteroids in induction of labor by extra-amniotic injection through an inflated in...

background: the goals of the present research were to investigate the rectal dose during four chosen techniques of cervical cancer radiotherapy and to examine how accurately the treatment planning represents dose measurements, and it’s practicality for routine use as well as, to determine the homogeneity of dose in tumor volume. materials and methods: the study was carried out using a nepton 10...

and Implications One of the primary targets for the biological actions of relaxin is the uterine cervix. The effects of relaxin on this organ include inducing growth and remodeling of connective tissue and cervical cells to accommodate pregnancy and parturition. The related physiological and clinical observations include softening, ripening, and dilating the cervix and facilitating delivery of ...

The aim of this study was to compare direct visual inspection (DVI) with Pap smear in diagnosis of precancerous lesion of cervix. A total of 1500 women were screened cytologically as well as clinically with direct visual inspection of cervix after application of acetic acid (DVI). A total of 1500 women were screened cytologically as well as clinically with direct visual inspection of cervix aft...