Factors for Satisfaction Among Providers of Ancillary Health Services in a Community-Based Cancer Prevention Program: A Pilot Study in Nevada by Emmanuel C. Gorospe, Christopher R. Cochran, Elena E. Cabb

“…Assessment of the providers' factors for satisfaction in participating in cancer prevention programs can contribute to better services and can serve as a model for other community-based health programs.We conducted a pilot survey of providers of ancillary services in the Nevada Women's Health Connection, a community breast and cervical cancer prevention program. Of the 93 participating providers, a total of 44 providers completed the survey. …”
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Advances in Surface Plasmon Resonance-Based Biosensor Technologies for Cancer Cell Detection by Bhishma Karki, Arun Uniyal, Amrindra Pal, Vivek Srivastava

“…Using the finite element method-based simulation technique, the sensitivity obtained as 195.4 degree/RIU, 167.6 degree/RIU, 212.4 degree/RIU, 168.4 degree/RIU, 212.4 degree/RIU, 186.6 degree/RIU, 218.6 degree/RIU, 195.4 degree/RIU, 203.6 degree/RIU, 202.6 degree/RIU 203.6 degree/RIU, and 202.6 for basal (skin cancer), basal (normal cell), HeLa (cervical cancer), MCF-7 (breast cancer), HeLa (normal cell), Jurkat (blood cancer), Jurkat (normal cell), PCI-2 (adrenal gland cancer), PCI-2 (normal cell), MDA-MB-231 (breast cancer), MDA-MB-231 (normal cell), MCF-7 (breast cancer), and MCF-7 (normal cell), respectively, and other performance parameters such as detection accuracy, figure of merit, and full width and half maximum (FWHM) are also evaluated.…”
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Organoid development and applications in gynecological cancers: the new stage of tumor treatment by Yang Li, Meiying Qin, Ning Liu, Chunmei Zhang

“…Abstract Gynecologic cancers (GCs), including cervical cancer (CC), ovarian cancer (OC), endometrial cancer (EC), as well as vulvar and vaginal cancers, represent major health threats to women, with increasing incidence rates observed globally. …”
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Synthesis and Characterization of Iodinated Chitosan Nanoparticles and Their Effects on Cancer Cells by Germán Alvarado Tenorio, Roberto Espinosa Neira, Carlos Alberto Ávila Orta, Gabriela Yolotzín Romero Zúñiga, Hortensia Ortega Ortiz

“…The cytotoxic effects on human tumor cells of chitosan and iodine-modified chitosan nanoparticles (CSNPs-I and CSNPs-IO3) were evaluated for 24 h in a range from 0.15 mg/mL to 0.95 mg/mL concentrations, where CSNPs-IO3 presented the lower viability for lung cancer A549, followed by cervical cancer HeLa cell and finally breast cancer MDA-MB-231, with a weight content of iodate ion in a range of 8.7 to 15 μg. …”
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Endocervical adenocarcinomas and HPV genotyping in an HIV endemic milieu – a retrospective study by Lucília Lovane, Gabriella Lillsunde Larsson, Satish Tulsidás, Carla Carrilho, Sören Andersson, Christina Karlsson

“…Abstract Background Cervical cancer is the most prevalent cancer in Mozambique, with endocervical adenocarcinoma accounting for approximately 5.5% of cases. …”
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Cell Based Autologous Immune Enhancement Therapy (AIET) after Radiotherapy in a Locally Advanced Carcinoma of the Cervix by Sumana Premkumar, Vidyasagar Devaprasad Dedeepiya, Hiroshi Terunuma, Rajappa Senthilkumar, Thangavelu Srinivasan, Helen C. Reena, Senthilkumar Preethy, Samuel J. K. Abraham

“…As surgery is not acceptable by every patient and chemotherapy has associated side effects, we hereby report the positive outcome of in vitro expanded natural killer cell and activated T lymphocyte based autologous immune enhancement therapy (AIET) for the residual lymphadenopathy in a patient with locally advanced cervical cancer after radiation. After six transfusions of AIET, there was complete resolution of residual lymph nodes and there was no evidence of local lesion. …”
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Survival, Incidence, and Mortality Trends in Female Cancers in the Nordic Countries by Filip Tichanek, Asta Försti, Otto Hemminki, Akseli Hemminki, Kari Hemminki

“…Female cancers cover common breast cancers, relatively common endometrial, ovarian, and cervical cancers and rare vulvar cancer. Survival in these cancers is known to be relatively good compared to all cancers but long-term studies for these cancers are rare, and to fill the gap, here, we generate survival data through 50 years. …”
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Evaluation of Pathology Results of Patients with a History of Breast Cancer who were Operated on for Gynecological Pathologies or Prophylaxis by Necim Yalcin, Isin Ureyen, Aysun Alci, Mustafa Gokkaya, Alper Kahraman, Gorker Sel, Gulsum Ekin Sari, Tayfun Toptaş

“…Among these seven patients, four patients had malignant disease one patient had microinvasive cervical cancer, one patient had ovarian serous cancer, one patient had cervical and ovarian metastasis of breast cancer, and one patient had ovarian metastasis of breast cancer. …”
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Pathways and processes to adopting or switching to a single-dose HPV vaccination schedule in low- and middle-income countries: a qualitative study. by Sunny Roy, Megan D Wysong, Erica N Rosser, Ishani Sheth, Casey Geddes, Rupali J Limaye, Joseph G Rosen

“…The World Health Organization (WHO) recently endorsed a single-dose human papillomavirus vaccination (HPVV) schedule, but adoption of the revised immunization schedule has not been uniform, notably in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) with outsized cervical cancer burdens. We sought to characterize the sequence of events, as well as actors/institutions involved, that facilitate or impede country-level decision-making related to the HPVV schedule. …”
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Colposcopy Value in Young Child-bearing Women: Is New Recommendations Necessary? by Fahimeh Sabet, Avishan Aminizad, Fariba Behnamfar, Tajossadat Allameh, Seyedeh Ghazal Shahrokh, Rostami Koushan, Amirmohammad Taravati, Leila Mousavi Seresht

“…Background: Cervical cancer is a common malignancy in women and HPV infection is directly linked to it and can be considerably prevented through routine screenings. …”
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A Review of Caveats in Statistical Nuclear Image Analysis by Helene Schulerud, Gunner B. Kristensen, Knut Liestøl, Liljana Vlatkovic, Albrecht Reith, Fritz Albregtsen, Hàvard E. Danielsen

“…The present article discusses some of the difficulties in statistical evaluation of nuclear image analysis, and a study of cervical cancer is presented in order to illustrate the problems. …”
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Primary pulmonary meningioma — a rare lung tumor by Galust A. Baksiyan, Alexander A. Zavialov, Sergey V. Lishchuk

“…CLINICAL CASE DESCRIPTION: The patient А. (54 years of age) with a history of combined treatment 9 years ago due to being diagnosed with рТ2аN1М0, stage IIIB cervical cancer. According to the results from the computed tomography of the chest cavity organs, in segments S8/9 of the lower lobe of the right lung, the findings included a subpleural solid mass lesion with the size of 14×11 mm. …”
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Cumulative Impact of HIV and Multiple Concurrent Human Papillomavirus Infections on the Risk of Cervical Dysplasia by David H. Adler, Melissa Wallace, Thola Bennie, Beau Abar, Tracy L. Meiring, Anna-Lise Williamson, Linda-Gail Bekker

“…Infection with HIV is known to increase the risk of cervical cancer. In addition, evidence suggests that concurrent infection with multiple human papillomavirus (HPV) genotypes increases the risk of cervical dysplasia more than infection with a single HPV genotype. …”
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Outcomes of Human Papilloma Virus Vaccination in a Private Women Health Clinic in Lebanon by Muhieddine Seoud, Iman Jaafar, Rayan Ghanem, Christiane Soubhieh, Abdallah Adra, Anwar Nassar, Ali Khalil

“…The study aims to report on the feasibility and associated adverse events of HPV-Vaccination (HPVV) in a private clinic setting in Lebanon and, when available, the results of subsequent cervical cancer screening. Methods. Opportunistic HPV vaccination is offered at the Women’s Health Center of the AUBMC. …”
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HPV vaccination knowledge, attitude, and practices among physicians in a teaching hospital, Karachi by Sehrish Habib Memon, Bhombhal Swaleha Tariq

“…Context: Cervical cancer is a global public health problem. It is the fourth most common cancer in women globally. …”
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Case report: Cutaneous metastasis of squamous cervical carcinoma: complete regression after molecular diagnosis by Liwen Guo, Yanqiong Liu, Shuhua Zhang, Wei Liu, Wei Liu

“…Common metastasis sites for cervical cancer are the lungs, bones, liver, brain, ovaries, and lymph nodes, among other sites. …”
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Cells Grouping Detection and Confusing Labels Correction on Cervical Pathology Images by Wenbo Pang, Yi Ma, Huiyan Jiang, Qiming Yu

“…Cervical cancer is one of the most prevalent cancers among women, posing a significant threat to their health. …”
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EDUCATIONAL LEVEL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH OF RURAL WOMEN IN NOTHERN CROSS RIVER STATE, NIGERIA by LAZARUS BASSEY ABONOR, ESTHER E-C UZOH, PHILOMINA UGBE AMOKEYE, JOSEPH EDUM TAKWAN

“…The study identified key challenges faced by rural women to include limited educational opportunities, inadequate family planning services, unsafe abortions, untreated sexually transmitted infections (STIs), poor prenatal and postnatal care, and barriers to cervical cancer screening. These challenges are compounded by economic instability, poor healthcare infrastructure, educational gaps, religious barriers, and traditional norms related to early childbearing. …”
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Characterization of High Grade Intraepithelial Cervical Lesion among Adolescents and Young Women by Carlos Eric Daudinot Cos, Albania Rodríguez Spinola, Viviana de la Caridad Sáez Cantero, Ana Isabel de la Torre Jiménez

“…<strong>Introduction:</strong> considering the relationship between human papilomavirus and cervical cancer, the current increase in sexually transmitted diseases constitutes the biggest threaten to adolescents’ health. …”
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Health-related quality of life among adult patients with cancer in Uganda – a cross-sectional study by Allen Naamala, Lars E. Eriksson, Jackson Orem, Gorrette K. Nalwadda, Zarina Nahar Kabir, Lena Wettergren

“…Being an inpatient at the facility and being diagnosed with cervical cancer or leukaemia was a predictor of poor health-related quality of life. …”
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