The surface layer of the cervix is made up of squamous and columnar epithelial cells. The area where these two cells meet around the opening of the cervix that leads on to the endocervical canal is called the transformation zone or squamo-columnar junction. It is in this area of the cervix where cervical cells are most likely to become cancerous. Approximately 75% of cervical cancers are squamo...

This study was conducted in Paras Hospital, Gurgaon, Haryana, India and was undertaken to evaluate the effectiveness of structured education on knowledge and attitude regarding florescence test colposcopy in the diagnosis of atypical metaplasia dysplasia and carcinoma in situ of the cervix among women of reproductive age.A pre–experimental one group pretest – posttest design was adopted for thi...

INTRODUCTION We evaluated colposcopy in the routine diagnostic workup of women with abnormal cervical cytology, as well as the diagnostic value of endocervical curettage material and biopsies taken from colposcopy-positive and colposcopy-negative quadrants of the cervix. MATERIAL AND METHODS This cross-sectional study included 297 nonpregnant women with abnormal cervical cytology and no prior...

Epithelial cancers, including those of the skin and cervix, are the most common type of cancers in humans. Many recent studies have attempted to use Raman spectroscopy to diagnose these cancers. In this paper, Raman spectral markers related to the temporal and spatial effects of cervical and skin cancers are examined through four separate but related studies. Results from a clinical cervix stud...

Background & aim: Pap smear is a screening procedure for cervical cancer. The incidence and mortality rate of cervical cancer has decreased up to 90% in the regular screening in women aged 20-65 years. This study aimed to investigate the Pap smear reports of pathology laboratories in Ahvaz, Iran. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 1,006 Pap smear reports were collected from pathology labor...

All women in Nijmegen, The Netherlands, with a histological diagnosis of severe dysplasia, or carcinoma in situ, or invasive carcinoma were investigated to see whether they had participated in a population screening programme. Within two years of diagnosis of a negative cervical smear, 45 women were found to have histologically confirmed severe epithelial abnormality of the cervix. From the sam...

The human papillomavirus (HPV) is the cause of virtually all cancers of the cervix, the fourth most common cancer in women in the United States. HPV is sexually transmitted, and the lifetime risk of contracting the virus is estimated to be 75%-90%. New methods of detecting HPV infection and cellular changes (dysplasia) caused by HPV can greatly reduce the mortality associated with this virus. M...