Nipple discharge: the state of the art [PDF]
Over 80% of females experience nipple discharge during their life. Differently from lactational (milk production) and physiological (white, green, or yellow), which are usually bilateral and involving multiple ducts, pathologic nipple discharge (PND ...
Panzironi, Giovanna +2 more
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COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF CONVENTIONAL AND LIQUID-BASED CYTOLOGICAL METHODS FOR CERVICAL SMEARS
Purpose. Comparative analysis of the diagnostic value of traditional cytology (TC) and liquid cytology (LC) in the identification of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) and cervical cancer (CC).Patients and methots. The study included 87 women aged
N. N. Volchenko +4 more
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Liquid Based Cytology versus Conventional Cytology for Evaluation of Cervical PAP Smear
The cervix is the narrow inferior segment of the uterus which projects into the vaginal vault. Conventional cervical cytology is a simple, cost effective method that has been in use for more than 50 years and is still a highly effective cervical cancer screening procedure.
Vindu Sivastava +3 more
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The detection of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia by electrical impedance spectroscopy: The effects of acetic acid and tissue homogeneity [PDF]
Objective. To evaluate the efficacy of an electrical impedance probe (Epitheliometer) in the diagnosis of high grade cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) in women referred with cervical smear abnormalities and to assess the effect of acetic acid (AA)
Abdul +20 more
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Distribution of human papillomaviruses and bacterial vaginosis in HIV positive women with abnormal cytology in Mombasa, Kenya [PDF]
Background: HPV is the major etiological factor in the causal pathway for cervical cancer, which is the leading cancer among women in sub-Saharan Africa. HIV is associated with a higher prevalence and a broader range of high-risk HPV genotypes.
Harebottle, Ronald +4 more
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Semantic Integration of Cervical Cancer Data Repositories to Facilitate Multicenter Association Studies: The ASSIST Approach [PDF]
The current work addresses the unifi cation of Electronic Health Records related to cervical cancer into a single medical knowledge source, in the context of the EU-funded ASSIST research project.
Agorastos, Theodoros +8 more
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Performance of the Cellslide® automated liquid-based cytology system amongst HIV-positive women
Background: Many women undergoing cervical screening as part of a national South African screening programme may be positive for HIV. The performance of liquid-based cytology (LBC) on samples from HIV-positive women needs to be determined.
Pamela Michelow +8 more
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Follicular nodules (Thy3) of the thyroid: is total thyroidectomy the best option? [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Identification of the best management strategy for nodules with Thy3 cytology presents particular problems for clinicians. This study investigates the ability of clinical, cytological and sonographic data to predict malignancy in ...
CALO', PIETRO GIORGIO +6 more
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BACKGROUND: The importance of assessing the accuracy of health economic decision models is widely recognized. Many applied decision models (implicitly) assume that the process of identifying relevant values for a model's input parameters is sufficient to
Karnon, Jonathan, Vanni, Tazio
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Galectin-3 performance in histologic and cytologic assessment of thyroid nodules. A systematic review and meta-analysis [PDF]
The literature on Galectin-3 (Gal-3) was systematically reviewed to achieve more robust information on its histologic reliability in identifying thyroid cancers and on the concordance between Gal-3 test in histologic and cytologic samples.
Crescenzi, Anna +4 more
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