Human papilloma virus (HPV) is considered as the main sexually transmitted etiological agent for the cause and progression of preneoplastic cervical lesions to cervical cancer. This study is discussing the prevalence of HPV and its genotypes in cervical lesions and invasive cervical cancer tissues and their association with various risk factors in women from Varanasi and its adjoining areas in ...

See the article "Cervical Arthroplasty in Treatment of Cervical Angina: Case Report and Review Literature" on page 929.

tumor size seems to be a determinant in the prognosis of early cervical cancer. patients with tumor size greater than 4 cm (bulky) in diameter have worse outcome.' the purpose of this study was to compare the efficacy of preoperative combined chemoradiation and neoadjuvant chemotherapy (narc) programs followed by radical hysterectomy in stage ib - lib bulky cervical cancer. from september ...

a case of cervical ectopic pregnancy in a 37 years old woman with history of two previous cesarean sections and one dilatation/curettage. the case was the advanced cervical pregnancy reported in iran, which diagnosed in 12 week of gestation by mri and finally treated by hysterectomy.

background: this study aimed to explore the experiences of iranian women regarding the barriers to and facilitating factors for cervical cancer screening. methods: eight focus groups (n= 86 participants) were conducted with women referred to a health center in karaj, iran from january to march, 2007. purposeful sampling was used. married women aged 18 years old and over, not suffering from obst...

background: by presenting this case we aimed to describe an uncommon complication of generalized peritonitis following spontaneous pyometra perforation in untreated cervical carcinoma. case presentation: this report describes a 60-year-old postmenopausal woman presenting with clinical features mimicking intestinal perforation who was later diagnosed as cervical carcinoma with pyometra perforati...

objective(s):  although several chemical and physical methods for gene delivery have been introduced, their cytotoxicity, non-specific immune responses and the lack of biodegradability remain the main issues. in this study, hydroxyapatite nanoparticles (nps) and 1,2-dioleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphoethanol​amine (dope)-modified hydroxyapatite nps was coated with antisense oligonucleotide of e6 mrna...

the purpose of this study was to determine whether sectioning the cervical septum is associated with intraoperative bleeding, incompetent cervix, and secondary infertility. in this prospective observational study, fourteen women with complete septate uterus who had a history of repeated pregnancy loss and infertility were treated hysteroscopically. preoperative history included 35 pregnancies o...