Using a progesterone receptor antagonist, onapristone/ZK 98.299, we examined the in-vivo effects of progesterone on the function of uterine cervix during pregnancy. Onapristone was intravenously administered to pregnant rabbits on day 20 post coitum. After 24 h, the antiprogesterone increased the wet weight of the uterine cervix and decreased the DNA concentration in the cervix. In-situ hybridi...

BACKGROUND This study developed and measured the effects of a cervical cancer prevention program for married women immigrants. MATERIALS AND METHODS A nonequivalent control group pre-test/post-test design was used with a group of married women immigrants registered at the multi-cultural center in the city of "J. " Data on for 30 participants in the intervention group and 27 participants in th...

Unfortunately, the original version of this article [1] contained an error. In the methods section page 2, lines 5–8 is written “Systematic cervical cancer screening was introduced in the 1960s in some counties and nonsystematically implemented in the rest of the country until nationwide coverage was achieved in 2007 [19]”. This should be corrected to “Systematic cervical cancer screening was i...

Screening for cervical cancer, the most common form of cancer in women in most developing countries and the second commonest in women in the world as a whole, presents many challenges. Cervical cancer is preventable and it should be a high priority in all national cancer control programmes. It would seem as though, to be highly effective, various methods warrant joint usage, i.e. cytology with ...

Carcinoma of the cervix is the second most common cancer among South African women, with 1 in 41 women developing the disease in her lifetime. Although population-based screening programmes using Pap smears can substantially decrease the incidence of the disease, such programmes remain remarkably difficult to implement. Lack of resources and available treatment, low community awareness, poor qu...

BACKGROUND Stand Against Cancer (SAC) is a long-running, community-based, organization-led program that addresses breast and cervical cancer disparities. Managed by Access Community Health Network (ACCESS), ongoing program evaluation reports on program performance over 5 years and public health implications. OBJECTIVES To reduce disparities by making free cancer screening readily accessible t...

The relation between age at registration, socioeconomic status, and survival from cervical cancer for women resident in Sheffield was examined using the 556 such cases registered with the Trent Cancer Registry from 1971 to 1984. The address and electoral ward at registration were used to categorize the socioeconomic status of 99% of the women. Five year survival for all cases was 49%, increasin...

Abnormal looking cervix, or suspicious cervix, is a common clinical condition seen in gynecological practice. Colposcopic examination of the cervix allows differentiation between physiologic changes that occur in response to normal cyclic variations in hormone secretion and a variety of structural and pathological conditions. This article addresses some of these common clinical problems and pro...

Abnormal looking cervix, or suspicious cervix, is a common clinical condition seen in gynecological practice. Colposcopic examination of the cervix allows differentiation between physiologic changes that occur in response to normal cyclic variations in hormone secretion and a variety of structural and pathological conditions. This article addresses some of these common clinical problems and pro...