CANCER CERVIX SCREENING AT RURAL CAMP

The results of a breast cancer screening cAMP at a district level in rural India.

BACKGROUND Breast cancer in developing countries is on the rise. There are currently no guidelines to screen women at risk in India. Since mammography in the western world is a well-accepted screening tool to prevent late presentation of breast cancer and improve mortality, it is intuitive to adopt mammography as a screening tool of choice. However, it is expensive and fraught with logistical i...

[Screening for cancer of the cervix].

Cervical Cancer Screening Among Women Without a Cervix

PAPANICOLAOU (PAP) SMEAR screening for cervical cancer, introduced in the 1940s, has become a widely accepted cancer screening test. High rates of screening are the rule in all industrialized nations, and the number of cases and deaths from cervical cancer has decreased substantially since the introduction of screening. In the United States, all women have historically been considered eligible ...

Cervical cancer screening among women without a cervix.

CONTEXT Most US women who have undergone hysterectomy are not at risk of cervical cancer-they underwent the procedure for benign disease and they no longer have a cervix. In 1996, the US Preventive Services Task Force recommended that routine Papanicolaou (Pap) smear screening is unnecessary for these women. OBJECTIVE To determine whether Pap smear screening among women who have undergone hys...

Massive ovarian cystic teratomas diagnosed at a rural Nepal camp

This case report presents the findings of significantly large sized (> 8 cm) symptomatic unilateral cystic teratomas in two perimenopausal patients in remote Nepal. Ovarian dermoid cysts consist of cystic, solid and fat tissue. Traditionally, cells differentiate along the various germ lines, essentially recapitulating various body tissues. The characteristic sonographic features include a dermo...