This study evaluated the quality of the maternal and child health care in two different models of Primary Health Care. Interviews were carried out by trained personnel with 1200 families randomly selected. Processes of assistance for maternal and child health care were evaluated by Family Health Strategy Teams and traditional health centers. In the evaluation of child health care, the precocity...

abstract background: screening is a necessity for country health systems. in undeveloped countries that have no screening programs, cervical carcinoma is one of the major causes of mortality and morbidity. although cervical cancer is preventable it is poorly controlled in some countries. the main cause of it is unawareness of people from cervical cancer and screening methods. methods: the targe...

We describe an unusual case of a 50-year-old female patient developing two primary cancers with neuroendocrine features. Initially the patient underwent surgery for an entero-pancreatic neuroendocrine carcinoma. During the subsequent follow-up she experienced some episodes of vaginal bleeding with negative PET scanning with the tracer fluorine-18 (F-18) fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG). A Papanicolaou ...

Abstract The normal vaginal flora is complex and includes various organisms, many of them conditioned pathogens. microbiome controlled by estrogens that why a major difference it encountered between pre-menopausal menopausal women. Bacterial vaginosis was associated with inflammatory changes on Papanicolaou (PAP) smears chronic inflammation may eventually tead to potentially precancerous cancer...

■ EVIDENCE-BASED ANSWER Conclusions regarding the ThinPrep are difficult to make due to the complexity of cervical cancer screening and the lack of adequate outcomebased data. However, current evidence supports the following: the ThinPrep is more sensitive than the conventional Papanicolaou (Pap) smear at detecting cervical cancer (strength of recommendation [SOR]: A–, based on 1 large validati...

A common sexually transmitted infection, human papillomavirus (HPV) has been linked to the development of cervical, anogenital, and head and neck cancers and genital warts. (2) Several randomized controlled trials have explored the efficacy and safety of two vaccines for primary prevention of infection by HPV types 16 and 18, those most commonly implicated in the development of cervical cancer....

OBJECTIVE To study the prevalence of cervical squamous intraepithelial lesions (SILs) and their association with HIV-1 infection and immunodeficiency among pregnant women in Kigali, Rwanda. METHODS As part of a cohort study on the impact of HIV-1 infection on pregnancy outcome, HIV-1 seropositive (HIV+) and seronegative (HIV-) pregnant women were enrolled during the last trimester of pregnanc...

Abstract Background Factors contributing to the pathogenesis and progression of cervical cancer include poor attitude screening health intervention, late presentation, among others. Mutations in p53 gene have been attributed several cases. The present study was designed find relationships between mutation patterns carcinoma staging. Such knowledge could contribute early diagnosis cancer. Result...

There is a high level of evidence coming from large randomized controlled trials that primary human papillomavirus (HPV) screening is better than cytology in detecting cervical intraepithelial neoplasia type 3 and cervical cancer as well as in reducing the incidence of and the mortality from cervical cancer. However, HPV screening will only be beneficial and costefficient in women above 30 year...