Cervical Cancer

Cervical cancer is a malignant neoplasm of the cervix uteri or cervical area. Symptoms include vaginal bleeding, but may not present until later stages of the cancer. Cervical cancer can be treated...

Cervical Spondylosis and Spondylotic Cervical Myelopathy

Cervical Stenosis

Cervical Polyps

Cervical Myomas

Renal Cell Carcinoma Diagnosed in a Cervical Lymph Node

This interesting report describes a case of metastasized papillary renal cell carcinoma, primarily diagnosed in a cervical lymph node. BMC Urology

Role of IL-12p40 in cervical carcinoma

Spotlight on… cervical cancer

To coincide with Cervical Cancer Prevention Week (20-26th January), Robert Music provides us with an overview of cervical cancer, including how it can be prevented. What is cervical cancer? Cervical...

What Is Cervical Screening? What Is The Pap Test?

Cervical cancer is one of the few preventable cancers. Pre-cancerous cells can be detected before they have developed into cancer. Health authorities say that cervical screening is an important part o...

Lipoprotein lipase is frequently overexpressed or translocated in cervical squamous cell carcinoma and promotes invasiveness through the non-catalytic C terminus

Photocure’s Photodynamic Therapy Shows Promise In Cervical Dysplasia

Photocure's combination of intravaginal photosensitizer and a light-emitting device has shown therapeutic benefit in cervical dysplasia, so the small Norwegian company now seeks a women's health care...

Hepatocellular carcinoma: New ablative therapy gives promising results for recurrent hepatocellular carcinoma

Superficial X-ray viable for basal, squamous cell carcinoma

(HealthDay) -- Superficial X-ray therapy remains a viable treatment for primary basal cell carcinoma (BCC) and squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) in select patients, according to a study published online J...

Postmenopausal estradiol-progestagen therapy and risk for uterine cervical cancer.

The aim of this study was to evaluate the association of postmenopausal estradiol-progestagen therapy (EPT) with the risk for precancerous lesions, squamous cell carcinoma and adenocarcinoma of the ut...

RNA interference targeting CD147 inhibits the invasion of human cervical squamous carcinoma cells by downregulating MMP-9.

Cervical squamous carcinoma is a highly invasive tumour that has a great capacity to metastasise. Extracellular matrix metalloproteinase inducer (EMMPRIN or CD147), a member of the immunoglobulin supe...

Primary human cervical carcinoma cells require human papillomavirus E6 and E7 expression for ongoing proliferation.

Repression of human papillomavirus (HPV) E6 and E7 oncogenes in established cervical carcinoma cell lines causes senescence due to reactivation of cellular tumor suppressor pathways. Here, we determin...

Correlation of clinical and MRI staging in cervical carcinoma treated with radiation therapy: a single-center experience.

PURPOSE: To correlate clinical and MRI findings in patients with cervical carcinoma treated with radiation therapy (RT). MATERIALS AND METHODS: Forty-two patients with pretreatment IB-IVA cervical car...

Prevalence and impact on clinicopathological characteristics of human papillomavirus-16 DNA in cervical lymph node metastases of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.

BACKGROUND.: Human papillomavirus (HPV) is a basic risk factor for head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC). Little knowledge exists about the impact of HPV on clinical diagnostic and therapy of...