cancer registration is an important source for measuring the burden of cancer in a population. in practice, however, quite frequently incorrect patients are registered or data items can be inaccurately recorded or not recorded at all. also the process or quality of these registrations varies among countries. in this paper, we briefly discussed some statistical techniques including; mortality an...

BACKGROUND Recent advances suggest fallopian tube as the main cellular source for women's pelvic serous carcinoma (PSC). In addition to TP53 mutations, many other genetic changes are involved in pelvic serous carcinogenesis. IMP3 is an oncofetal protein which has recently been observed to be overexpressed in benign-looking tubal epithelia. Such findings prompted us to examine the relationship b...

background the present data show a global increase in the rate of cardiovascular disease. cardiac ct angiography has developed as a fast and non-invasive cardiac imaging modality following the introduction of multi-slice computed tomogaraphy. conclusions the total mean radiation dose to the thyroid and gonads was 0.36 msv, and 96.5 μsv, respectively for the subjects. these values were high for ...

background : to determine the role of letrozole, an aromatase inhibitor,in the treatment of endometriotic pain.   methods: in this prospective, randomized, controlled clinical trial in minimallyinvasive surgery research center,51 women with pelvic endometriosis and endometriotic pain (dyspareunia, dysmenorrhea, pelvic pain) score of 5 or more (for at least one of these endometriotic pain), afte...

uterine sarcoma is a rare tumor of mesodermal origin, accounting for 2-6% of uterine malignancies. leiomyosarcoma (lms) has been reported in only 1% of all uterine malignancies and is regarded as the most common primary uterine sarcoma. herein, we present a case of lms with unusual macroscopic features. the patient was a 61-year-old woman with lms, which consisted of a large cystic mass (88×136...

introduction pelvic pain results from many causes such as primary dysmenorrhea, uterine anomalies, menstrual outflow obstruction, endometriosis, myoma and adenomyosis. this study reports on a rare case of non-communicating functional rudimentary horn. case presentations a 15-year-old nulligravida young woman with a history of severe intermittent pelvic pain presented a 4-5 centimeter mass. a su...

introduction: pelvic organ prolapse is a common condition that occurs in parous women and affects the quality of life of women. the present study aimed to evaluate the incidence of recurrent prolapse. materials and methods: in a cross-sectional study evaluated 365 women attending two public centers of ilam, west of iran. sampling was done by the simple random sampling method. all women particip...