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Cervical cancer is a slowly progressive cancer of the cervix, usually caused by human papillomavirus (HPV). Reviewed by a board-certified oncologist.
Cervical cancer screening, by definition, takes place in patients who are asymptomatic and deemed to be of average risk. ACP defines patients as an average risk if they have no history of precancerous lesions or cervical cancer, are not immunocompromised, and have no history of exposure todieth...
Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) is another term used to classify precancerous changes in the cervix that are seen on tissue samples such as biopsies. Precancerous changes in the cervix such as CIN and SIL can typically be treated, which can prevent the development of cancer. The cervi...
Given the low incidence and mortality due to cervical cancer in high-income countries and the challenges associated with conducting de novo large and long-term RCTs, decision modeling is an alternative realistic option to better understand the theoretical utility of the screening options12. In this...
Cervical cancer (CC) screening in women comprises human papillomavirus (HPV) testing followed by cytology triage of positive cases. Drawbacks, including cytology’s low reproducibility and requirement for short screening intervals, raise the need for alt
According to the PICO framework, studies were included if they referred to female adult populations (≥ 18 years) in primary/ambulatory care (P), who had undergone any screening and diagnostic testing related to cervical cancer and had received an abnormal/positive test result (I) and had no...
We assessed survival and compared clinical and pathological prognostic factors of women with invasive cervical cancer according to the age in order to define a cutoff point where screening should become useless. The survival of 308 women with invasive cervical cancer treated at Bordeaux University Hospi...
Awareness about cervical cancer and HPV according to living area.Showket HussainVilas NasareMalasha KumariShashi SharmaMohammad Aijaz KhanBhudev C. DasMausumi Bharadwaj
CC is the second most common cancer among women with approximately 90% of the deaths occurring in LMICs in 2020 [26, 27]. Nearly all cases of CC can be attributed to human papilloma virus (HPV) infection, even acquired at young age, making CC one of the most preventable cancers [27, ...