CONTEXT Although cervical cancer is an unusual cause of death among women 65 and older, most elderly women in the US report continuing to undergo periodic Pap smear screening. OBJECTIVE To describe the incidence of Pap smears and downstream testing among elderly women. SETTING Claims-based analysis of female Medicare enrollees age 65 and older. METHODS Using three years of Medicare Part B...

Cervical cancer is the ninth leading female cancer type, third leading gynecologic cancer following ovarian and endometrial cancers and thirteenth leading cause of cancer-related deaths, with an incidence of 4.2/100.000 based on 2006 data (Turkish Cervical Cancer and Cervical Cytology Research Group 2009; Eser et al., 2010). Most important cause of the cervical cancer is “Human Papilloma Virus”...

Squamous cervical cancer (which comprises 95% of all cervical cancers) is completely preventable if its precancerous stages of dysplasia, carcinoma in situ (now called cervical intraepithelial neoplasia), or microinvasive cancer are detected and treated. Detection is relatively simple and entails analysis of a sample of cells exfoliated within the ectocervix and endocervix. Exfoliative cytology...

AIMS To determine the relative diagnostic sensitivity of non-isotopic in situ hybridisation (NISH) for the diagnosis of human papillomavirus (HPV) on matched smears and biopsy specimens; to compare the NISH signal type in the two samples; and to correlate the NISH data with the morphological diagnosis. METHODS HPV samples were assayed individually by NISH with digoxigenin labelled probes (HPV...

OBJECTIVES Osteoporosis is a systemic skeletal disease with a consequent increased risk of fracture, decreased quality of life and economic burdens for both the patients and health care system. While Dual energy X-Ray absorptiometry remains the gold standard for assessment of bone mineral density, it cannot be requested for all patients for obvious reasons. By determining other variables that m...

BACKGROUND Cervical cancer is a major cause of cancer-related deaths, especially in the context of the HIV epidemic. OBJECTIVE To examine awareness, perceived risk and practices related to cervical cancer screening among HIV-positive women. METHODS Interviewer-administered structured questionnaires were administered to HIV-positive women (aged ≥18 years) enrolled in a cervical cancer screen...

The purpose of this study was to determine whether abnormal antepartum cervical cytologic findings result in differing postpartum regression rates. Between 1993 and 2000, 107 pregnant women with antepartum abnormal cervical cytologic findings were identified. Papanicolaou smear data were separated into three groups by use of the CIN classification system. Postpartum regression rates of antepart...