Influence of Segment Shape Optimization Parameter in Radiotherapy Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy Planning of Cervical Cancer by Nidhi Jain, Alok Kumar, Ashok Kumar

“…Introduction: The aim of this study is to find out the influence of different Segment shape optimization (SSO) parameters in radiotherapy Volumetric Modulated Arc therapy (VMAT) planning of Cervical Cancer and to find out the optimized value for cervical cancer patients.Material and Methods: It was a retrospective study of 20 Ca cervix patients. Every patient had six plans named SL1, SL5, SL10, SL15, SL20, and NSL. …”
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Hysterosalpingography Findings and Jimah Ratio of the Uterine Cavity in Women with Infertility in Central Region, Ghana by Bashiru Babatunde Jimah, Philip Gorleku, Anthony Baffour Appiah

“…The exclusion criteria were acute infection of the vagina or cervix and active vaginal bleeding or pregnancy. Data were entered with Microsoft Excel and analyzed using SPSS version 21. …”
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Type-Specific Persistence/Clearance Results in Human Papillomavirus Infections in Turkish Women by Haci Ozturk Sahin, Beril Gurlek, Bulent Demir, Fatma Silan

“… OBJECTIVE: The persistence of high-risk human papillomavirus infections, most of which are known to be transient is of critical importance for the development of precursor lesions and cancer in the cervix. The aim of the present study is to investigate the persistence and clearance of genotype-based human papillomavirus infections and also some cofactors that could be effective in persistence. …”
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TREMSUCS-TCGA – an integrated workflow for the identification of biomarkers for treatment success by Balogh Gabor, Jorge Natasha, Dupain Célia, Kamal Maud, Servant Nicolas, Le Tourneau Christophe, Stadler Peter F., Bernhart Stephan H.

“…As a showcase application we describe a comprehensive analysis of the available data for the combination of patients with squamous cell carcinomas of head and neck, cervix and lung treated with cisplatin, carboplatin and the combination of carboplatin and paclitaxel. …”
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Qualitative and quantitative characteristics of different types of tumor microvessels depending on the histological type of cervical cancer by M. A. Senchukova, E. V. Makarova, E. I. Shurygina, N. N. Volchenko

“…The detection frequency of this tumor microvessels was lower in more prognostically favorable squamous non-keratinizing CC, while in the prognostically unfavorable squamous cell keratinizing CC and adenocarcinoma of the cervix uteri, the higher DCs values with a mild expression of CD34 (р=0,004 and р=0.005, respectively) and DC of contact type (p=0.02 and p=0.14, respectively) were typical.Conclusion. …”
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Vulvar Metastasis in Renal Cell Carcinoma: A Case Report Highlighting the Aggressive Nature of Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma by Andreea Boiangiu, Ana-Maria Cioca, Gabriel-Petre Gorecki, Romina-Marina Sima, Liana Pleș, Marius-Bogdan Novac, Ionut-Simion Coman, Valentin-Titus Grigorean, Vasile Lungu, Mihai-Teodor Georgescu, George-Alexandru Filipescu

“…Although metastasis to the vulva is uncommon, it can occur, particularly from cancers in nearby organs such as the cervix, bladder, rectum, or anus. More rarely, metastases from breast cancer and renal cell carcinoma have been reported in the vulva. …”
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Endometrial polyps with bizarre stromal cells: a Benign or a low-grade lesion? by Musen Wang, Fei Gao, Hongkai Zhang, Wenxin Zheng

“…Abstract Background Polyps containing bizarre stromal cells are occasionally observed in the lower gynecologic tract, including the vagina, cervix, and endometrium, predominantly in perimenopausal or postmenopausal patients. …”
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Incidence and management of dystocia of dairy cows in Manoharganj upazila of Cumilla district, Bangladesh by Al Wasef, Md. Rashedul Islam

“…Among maternal causes, incomplete cervix dilation was the most common (18.07%), while fetal head deviation was the most frequent fetal cause (27.71%). …”
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The Association between Abnormal Vaginal Flora and Cytological Evidence of HPV with Prematurity in High-Risk Pregnant Women by Alana Dantas Freire, Ada Isa Custódio, José Queiroz Filho, Janaína Crispim Freitas, Ana Katherine Gonçalves, Ricardo Ney Cobucci

“…Vaginal specimens were collected to obtain material from the upper lateral vaginal vault and cervix for direct microscopic examination of vaginal contents and preparation of Gram-stained and pap smear slides. …”
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The COVID‐19 pandemic and associated declines in cancer incidence by race/ethnicity and census‐tract level SES, rurality, and persistent poverty status by Benmei Liu, Mandi Yu, Jeffrey Byrne, Katheen A. Cronin, Eric J. Feuer

“…Significantly larger PCs were observed for the lowest versus highest SES groups (prostate cancer), PP versus non‐PP groups (prostate and female breast cancer), and all urban versus rural areas (prostate, female breast, female and male lung, colon, cervix, melanoma, liver, bladder, and kidney cancer). …”
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Occupational disparities in survival in Korean women with cancer: a nationwide registry linkage study by Ichiro Kawachi, Hye-Eun Lee, Eun-A KIM, Masayoshi Zaitsu

“…HRs for mortality adjusting for age and year of diagnosis were calculated in the study sample and subgroups with 10 specific cancer sites including thyroid, breast, stomach, cervix, colon or lung cancer using managers, professionals and technical workers as the reference.Results Women in service/sales (HR 1.25, 95% CI 1.15 to 1.35) and blue-collar occupations (HR 1.34, 95% CI 1.25 to 1.44) had poorer survival for all cancer sites combined, while blue-collar workers showed poorer survival for lung (HR 1.41, 95% CI 1.14 to 1.77), breast (HR 1.28, 95% CI 1.06 to 1.54), cervical cancer (HR 1.42, 95% CI 1.02 to 2.06) and non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (HR 1.69, 95% CI 1.09 to 2.77) compared with women in professional and managerial positions.Conclusion We found substantial and significant inequalities in overall survival by the occupational group among Korean women with cancer, even in the context of universal access to cancer screening and treatment.…”
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Organization of the regional cancer service to improve the detection of malignant new formations during the COVID-19 pandemic by S. V. Golubev, V. Yu. Startsev, Yu. V. Samsonov

“…In 2019-2020 In the MAO, cancer screening was carried out for a number of nosoologies: as a result, the proportion of patients with lung cancer (MagO – 36 %, RF – 29.4 %) and cervix (MagO – 82 %, RF – 66 %) exceeded the national average.Conclusion. …”
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Clinical factors of development of squamous intraepithelial cervical lesions of high grade in patients with papillomavirus infection by T. A. Dimitriadi, D. V. Burtsev, E. A. Dzhenkova

“…The group at greatest risk of having H‑SIL -women 30–40 years, whose menstrual cycle is more than 35 days, with significant lesions according to the results of colposcopic examination, chronic diseases of the pelvic organs, which had not previously been carried out destruction of the cervix.…”
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Explainable AI-Enhanced Human Activity Recognition for Human–Robot Collaboration in Agriculture by Lefteris Benos, Dimitrios Tsaopoulos, Aristotelis C. Tagarakis, Dimitrios Kateris, Patrizia Busato, Dionysis Bochtis

“…The results highlight the central role of torso-mounted sensors, particularly in the lumbar region, cervix, and chest, in capturing core movements, while wrist sensors provided useful complementary information, especially for load-related activities. …”
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The formulated microbicide RC-101 was safe and antivirally active following intravaginal application in pigtailed macaques. by Alexander M Cole, Dorothy L Patton, Lisa C Rohan, Amy L Cole, Yvonne Cosgrove-Sweeney, Nicole A Rogers, Deena Ratner, Alexandra B Sassi, Carol Lackman-Smith, Patrick Tarwater, Bharat Ramratnam, Piotr Ruchala, Robert I Lehrer, Alan J Waring, Phalguni Gupta

“…Herein, film-formulated RC-101 was assessed for its antiviral activity in vitro, safety in vivo, retention in the cervix and vagina, and ability to remain active against HIV-1 and SHIV after intravaginal application in macaques.…”
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HPV16E6-Dependent c-Fos Expression Contributes to AP-1 Complex Formation in SiHa Cells by Feixin Liang, Shinichiro Kina, Hiroyuki Takemoto, Akira Matayoshi, Thongsavanh Phonaphonh, Nao Sunagawa, Keiichi Arakaki, Akira Arasaki, Hai Kuang, Hajime Sunakawa

“…Here, we show that HPV16E6-dependent c-fos oncogenic protein expression contributes to AP-1 complex formation under oxidative stress in SiHa cells (HPV16-positive squamous cell carcinoma of the cervix). In addition, we examined the role of HPV16E6 in TGF-α-induced c-fos expression and found that the c-fos protein expression induced by TGF-α is HPV16E6 dependent. …”
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The Effect of Anterior Uterocervical Angle on Primary Dysmenorrhea and Disease Severity by Mefkure Eraslan Sahin, Erdem Sahin, Yusuf Madendag, Ilknur Col Madendag, Ahter Tanay Tayyar, Fatma Özdemir, Gokhan Acmaz, Iptisam Ipek Muderris

“…The uterine corpus longitudinal axis, uterine corpus transverse axis, and uterine cervix longitudinal axis were also similar (P=0.359, P=0.279, and P=0.369, resp.). …”
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Detection of High- and Low-Risk HPV DNA in Archived Breast Carcinoma Tissues from Ethiopian Women by Endale Gebregzabher, Daniel Seifu, Wondemagegnhu Tigneh, Yonas Bokretsion, Abebe Bekele, Markos Abebe, Gabriella Lillsunde-Larsson, Christina Karlsson, Mats G. Karlsson

“…Human papilloma virus (HPV) is involved in the development of cancer of the cervix, mouth and throat, anus, penis, vulva, or vagina, but it has not been much considered as a cause of breast cancer. …”
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Comparative magnetic resonance imaging-based study of pelvic floor morphology and function before pregnancy and after primigravida vaginal delivery by Xiaonan Lin, Jinming Chen, Haijing Pan, Yaye Xu, Qun Zhong, Xueying Lin, Chengbin Ye

“…Various pelvic floor MRI data were measured, including the obturator internus muscle (OIM) area, anterior pelvic area, puborectalis muscle thickness (PRT), levator plate angle (LPA), iliococcygeal angle, bladder–pubococcygeal line (B-PCL), uterus–pubococcygeal line (U-PCL), puborectal hiatus line, muscular pelvic floor relaxation line, levator hiatus area, urethral mobility, bladder neck descent, and cervix descent. Results In the resting state, the OIM area and PRT decreased whereas the anterior pelvic area increased from BP to 3mPP. …”
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Cervical length of preoperative cervical cerclage prognostic impacted the effect of cervical insufficiency by Yayun Zhang, Zihan Zhao, Jiaqi Xu, Fei Wu, Ting Chen, Shunyu Hou, Aifen Wang

“…Results The length of the cervix prior to cervical cerclage correlated with the prognosis of 168 postoperative patients by linear regression analysis. …”
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