Worldwide, cervical cancer is the third most common cancer among women and the fourth leading cause of death from cancer. The most common sites of metastasis are the pelvic lymph nodes, vagina, and the pelvic sidewalls. Distant metastases are uncommon but can involve the bone, lung, and liver. Characteristics associated with increased rate of distant metastasis include bulky tumor, endometrial ...

objectives: presence/absence of cervical lymph node metastasis plays a critical role in prognosis and survival of patients with oral squamous cell carcinoma (scc). this study was designed to assess the diagnostic accuracy of computed tomography (ct) scan for detection of cervical lymph node metastasis in oral scc in comparison with histopathological analysis after neck dissection methods: in th...

BACKGROUND This study was performed to evaluate their 5-year survival rates and identify the factors affecting the prognosis of oral cancer patients who had undergone surgical treatment only. METHODS Among 130 patients who were diagnosed with malignant tumor of oral, maxillofacial, and surgical treated in the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at Chonnam National University Hospital...

Introduction: Although cervical carcinoma is common, cutaneous metastasis from this tumor is rare. The reported incidence rates of skin metastasis from cervical cancer range from 0.1% to 1.3%. The major histological subtype of cervical carcinoma is squamous cell carcinoma (SCC), accounting for 75% of cases. The remainder are classified as adenocarcinoma, adenosquamous cell carcinoma, or are of ...

BACKGROUND Cervical cancer is one of the common gynecological malignancies with a high recurrence rate after surgery. This study aimed to analyze the clinicopathological risk factors for recurrence after the surgical treatment of cervical cancer and provide the basis for the prevention of recurrence and an improvement of prognosis. METHODS A total of 424 cervical cancer cases between 1 Januar...

To analyze Survivin, MMP-2, and MMP-9 expression in different types of cervical lesions and discuss their correlation and clinical significance. Patients with chronic cervicitis, cervical intraepithelial neoplasia, or cervical cancer in our hospital were collected. ELISA was applied to detect the level of Survivin, MMP-2 and MMP-9 in serum. Immunohistochemistry was used to measure Survivin, MMP...

OBJECTIVE To determine the frequency of tuberculous cervical lymphadenopathy mimicking metastasis from papillary thyroid cancer. STUDY DESIGN Case series. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY Surgical Unit-I, Ward-3 of Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre, Karachi, from March 2005 to March 2010. METHODOLOGY All patients above 12 years of age of either gender diagnosed on investigations as papillary ...

BACKGROUND To investigate the role of radiotherapy (RT) in and to suggest radiotherapeutic strategies for patients presenting with disseminated cervical cancer. METHODS We retrospectively analyzed 50 patients diagnosed as the disseminated cervical cancer with distant lymph nodal or visceral organ metastasis between September 1980 and August 2012. Patients were divided into two subgroups accor...

MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are aberrantly expressed in cervical cancer. miR-7 has been demonstrated to function as both an oncogene and a tumor suppressor in some types of human cancers. In the present study, miR-7 was significantly downregulated in cervical cancer, especially metastatic tumors. Ectopic expression of miR-7 significantly inhibited metastasis and invasion in Hela and C33A cells. Upregula...