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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"cervical lesions"”.
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Predictors of abnormal cervical lesions among women(15-49 years old) in Zambia: A cross-sectoral study
Background: Cervical cancer has been identified as the second most common female malignancy and leading cause of death among women in the world. Despite concerted efforts through the Cervical Cancer Prevention Program in Zambia (CCPPZ), there has been observed low uptake of the service, with 80% of …
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Predictors of abnormal cervical lesions among women(15-49 years old) in Zambia: A cross-sectoral study
Background: Cervical cancer has been identified as the second most common female malignancy and leading cause of death among women in the world. Despite concerted efforts through the Cervical Cancer Prevention Program in Zambia (CCPPZ), there has been observed low uptake of the service, with 80% of …
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A Randomized Controlled Trial for Treatment of High-Grade Cervical Lesions Among HIV-Infected Women in Kenya
HIV and cervical cancer are co-epidemics that disproportionally impact women living in low resource settings. Women infected with HIV have consistently been reported to have higher burden of human papillomavirus (HPV) infection, persistent HPV infection, and cervical pre-cancerous lesions than …
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The Prevalence Of Hpv Associated Disease In Women Under Age 21: Who Will Be Missed Under The New Cervical Cancer Screening Guidelines?
… of adolescent females <21 with pre-cancerous cervical lesions or cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) 2+/AIS in the state of Connecticut and identify any correlates which may be associated with CIN 3.</p> <p>Methods: CIN 2+/AIS precancerous cervical lesions are a reportable condition in …
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Human papillomaviruses of skin and genital lesions
… (HPV) which has been established as the cause of cervical cancer and genital warts (condylomas). Cutaneous HPV types have been weakly associated with non-melanoma skin lesions such as squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) and actinic keratosis (AK). We have analyzed skin and genital lesions for presence …
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A Study of Genital Human Papillomavirus (HPV) and Evaluation of HPV Testing for Cervical Cancer Screening in Women from the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa
… types is the key factor for the development of cervical cancer. Coinfection of HPV with other sexually transmitted pathogens contributes to the progression of cervical cancer. Preventative measures including screening for and treating pre-cancerous cervical lesions as well as HPV vaccination …
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Quantitative spectroscopy for detection of cervical dysplasia
The current clinical standard for cervical cancer diagnosis is colposcopy, a procedure that involves visual inspection and biopsy of at-risk tissue, followed by histopathology. The major objective of colposcopy is detection of high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions (HSIL), which are …
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Cytokine Dysregulation Promotes HPV Persistence
… (HPV) is the causative agent in almost all cervical cancers. Most HPV infections are resolved by the cell-mediated immune response of the host. However, in a small subset of individuals exposed to genital HPV, infection persists and can progress to cervical carcinoma. The inability to …
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The role of seminal plasma in the regulation of inflammation and inflammatory pathways in the cervix: potential for cervical cancer progression and HIV transmission in South African women
Cervical cancer is a chronic inflammatory disease of multifactorial etiology accounting for an annual estimated 266,000 deaths worldwide and usually present in sexually active women. In sub-Saharan Africa, cervical cancer is the most common cancer among women and the leading cause of cancer related …
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Smad Proteins and theTgf-Beta Signaling Pathway During In Vitro Progression of Hpv16-Immortalized Human Keratinocytes' and 'Microarray Gene Expression Profiling of Exfoliated Cervical Cells'
… pathway is observed in many cancers, including cervical cancer, resulting in TGF-β resistance. While normal human keratinocytes (HKc) and human papillomavirus type 16 immortalized HKc (HKc/HPV16) are sensitive to the growth inhibitory effects of TGF-β, HKc/HPV16 gradually develop resistance to …
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Implementing Botwana's National Cervical Cancer Prevention Programme: Providers' Fidelity To The See-And-Treat Algorithms
Precancerous cervical lesions can be easily prevented and treated. Yet, cervical cancer remains the most commonly diagnosed cancer and leading cause of cancer-related deaths for women in Botswana. To address this high burden, Botswana’s Ministry of Health (MOH) established the National Cervical …
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Human papillomavirus Genotype Distribution and Co-infection with Sexually Transmitted Pathogens in Reproductive age Women in Urban Gambia
Cervical cancer is the second most common female cancer in The Gambia, and there have been few studies carried out on the causative agent, human papillomavirus (HPV) in this country. The Gambia introduced the quadrivalent HPV vaccine for girls between the ages of 9-13 years in the urban area in …
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Randomised Evaluation of New Technologies within the Population‐Based Cervical Cancer Screening Programme in Finland : Cross‐Sectional Performance and Validity
… technologies has been applied to the organised cervical cancer screening programme in Finland. In this experiment the women invited to routine five-yearly screening are individually randomised to be screened with automation-assisted cytology, human papillomavirus (HPV) test or conventional …
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Expressão do fator inibitório da migração de macrófagos e do fator de permeabilidade vascular em lesões da cérvice uterina induzidas pelo papilomavírus humano
The cervical cancer is the third most frequent type of cancer in women in Brazil, and its frequency is only lower than those observed for non-melanoma skin cancer and breast cancer. Macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) is produced by different cell types and participates in a complex chain …
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The battleground of two Infections and a cancer: Human Papilloma Virus, premalignant lesions of the cervix and their interaction with Human Immunodeficiency Virus in southwestern Nigeria
… results in death before the onset of invasive cervical cancer. With improved access to treatment, several studies outside West Africa demonstrated an increased risk of pre-invasive cervical lesions among HIV-infected women and the positive impact of treatment on the outcome. Given the various …
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Occurrence, determinants and dynamics of HPV coinfections in a cohort of Montreal university students
… for 2 years at 6-month intervals. At each visit, cervical specimens were collected for cytology and HPV testing, and women completed a questionnaire about lifestyle and risk behaviours. Two definitions of coinfections were used: cumulative coinfection over follow-up and concurrent coinfection at …
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Comparative analysis of cervical disease progression in HIV positive women receiving ART and those not receiving ART in Cape Town, South Africa, from 2002 to 2011
… to be a necessary cause for the development of cervical cancer. Cervical cancer is a progressive disease, going through pathologically distinct stages ranging from normal cytology to malignancy. Precancerous lesions (low and high grade squamous epithelial lesions (SIL)) are detectable and …