OBJECTIVES In developing countries and worldwide cervical cancer is an important cause of female mortality. Reports describing the frequency and pattern of abnormal Pap smears in Saudi Arabia, using the revised Bethesda system (RBS) are very few. The current study was conducted to explore the changing pattern of epithelial cell abnormalities (ECA) detected in Pap smears (PS) in females of the W...

Background & Objective: This study aimed to examine the extent which postcoital bleeding (PCB) can be a predictive factor for cervical cancer. Materials Methods: In this observational we selected and evaluated 280 females with PCB referred Kowsar Hospital of Qazvin, Iran from 2017 2019. Results: Among 189 patients diagnosed as normal in their Pap smear results, one patient had cancer her b...

PATIENTS A 29-year-old Caucasian woman (patient 1) and a 23-year-old Caucasian woman (patient 2).Chief Complaints: Abnormal Pap tests with high risk HPV positivity. HISTORY OF PRESENT ILLNESS PATIENT 1 In June 2014, this patient was diagnosed with atypical squamous cells of uncertain significance (ASCUS) after a routine screening cervical Papanicolaou (Pap) test. Reflex high risk human pap...

OBJECTIVE We sought to test the diagnostic efficacy of a low-cost, liquid-based cervical cytology that could be implemented in low-resource settings. MATERIALS AND METHODS A prospective, split-sample Pap study was performed in 595 women attending a cervical cancer screening clinic in rural El Salvador. Collected cervical samples were used to make a conventional Pap (cell sample directly to gl...

Persistent infection with high-risk types of human papillomavirus(HPV) is known to cause cervical cancer; however, additional genetic and epigenetic alterations are required for progression from precancerous disease to invasive cancer. DNA methylation is an early and frequent molecular alteration in cervical carcinogenesis. In this review, we summarize DNA methylation within the HPV genome and ...

AIM OF DATABASE To monitor and improve the quality of the Danish national cervical cancer screening program, an annual report is published, including nine quality indicators. STUDY POPULATION The screening target group consisted of 1.5 million Danish women aged 23-64 years, but in the calculation of quality indicators, the dataset varies according to indicators being Danish women, cervical ca...

OBJECTIVE Nonlubricated plastic specula can adhere to the vaginal introitus and cause discomfort with pelvic examination. We wanted to see if application of water-soluble gel lubricant to the plastic vaginal speculum would change the unsatisfactory cervical cytology diagnosis rate. METHODS Five public health family planning clinic sites were randomized to either water-soluble gel or water onl...

abstract background: cervical cancer is the most common female genital tract malignancy and is the major cause of death from gynecologic cancer worldwide. the majority of cervical cancers develop through a series of gradual, precancerous lesions. screening asymptomatic women with regular pap smears allows diagnosis of the readily treatable preinvasive phase. we performed this study to determine...

BACKGROUND Cervical cytology by Papanicolaou (Pap) smears is an effective means of screening for cervical premalignant and malignant conditions. Cervical intra-epithelial neoplasia (CIN) and cervical cancer remain important health problems for women worldwide. AIM To study the role of Pap smear in detecting premalignant and malignant lesions of cervix; and to determine the prevalence of vario...