AIM To disclose possible association between exophytic vulvar condyloma acuminata and cervical intraepithelial neoplasia in generally healthy, sexually active women. METHODS This retrospective study included 74 patients (study group) who were referred for laser vaporization therapy of exophytic vulvar condyloma acuminata, and 88 asymptomatic volunteers without evidence of exophytic vulvar con...

Human papillomavirus (HPV)infection consists the majority of cervical precancerous lesions and cancers. Various screening programmes aim in indentifying HPV infection preventing cancer. We present a 20-year-old female patient whose first pap smear revealed atypical squamous cells undetermined significance (ASCUS). Pap smear, followed by genotyping evaluation, high-risk 33 infiltration. Colposco...

Introduction: The present work was planned to compare the results of different diagnostic procedures cervical Pap smear, HPV DNA testing, colposcopy directed biopsy or conventional cervical biopsy and evaluating their correlation for final diagnosis of cervical neoplasia. Methodology: A prospective observational study was carried out on 100 patients attending the Gynaecology OPD of Calcutta Nat...

OBJECTIVE Cervical cancer remains a leading cause of death in many developing countries because limited screening by Papanicolaou (Pap) smear. We sought to better understand women's beliefs about cervical cancer and screening in Botswana, a middle-income African country with high rates of cervical cancer. METHODS We interviewed 289 women attending general medicine or human immunodeficiency vi...

Background: Bleeding during or immediately after the intercourse can be seen in women with benign cervical changes such as polyps, ectropion or infection of the cervix. But, sometimes, important diseases such as cancer of the cervix can be associated with post coital bleeding (PCB). The aim of this study was to find the prevalence of microscopic pre-cancerous lesions of the cer...

BACKGROUND Abnormal Pap smear consists of premalignant or malignant cervical lesions. Many of premalignant cervical lesions will never progress to invasive malignancy, or even may regress over the time. Thus, there is always a risk of overtreatment of patients with an abnormal Pap smear. A long-term follow-up of these patients can reveal final events associated with each subtype of abnormal Pap...

Cervical cancer screening with Pap smear test is a cost-effective method. The Ministry of Health in Turkey recommends that it be performed once every five years after age 35. The purpose of this study was to determine the cervical cancer risk levels of women between 35 and 69, and the intervals they have the Pap smear test, and to investigate the relation between the two. This study was perform...

Cervical cancer is the third most frequently diagnosed cancer worldwide, the fourth leading cause of cancer death in females in 2008. This study aim to assess cervical cancer risk factors and screening behaviors (Pap Smear test and endovaginal sonography) among women in Taif city, Saudi Arabia. Subjects and Method: A descriptive cross-sectional study was used during the period from October 2014...

OBJECTIVE To determine the baseline information about the knowledge of cervical cancer and explore attitude and practice of Pap smear screening among staff nurses. METHODS A pretested structured self administered questionnaire based survey was done on 205 staff nurses working in Rural Institute of Medical Sciences & Research, Saifai, Etawah, containing mostly recognition and some recall type ...

BACKGROUND Assessment of the nursing staff knowledge, attitude and practices about cervical cancer screening in a tertiary care teaching institute of rural India. MATERIALS AND METHODS A cross sectional, descriptive, interview- based survey was conducted with a pretested questionnaire among 262 staff nurses of a tertiary care teaching and research institute. RESULTS In this study 77% respon...