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Nipple discharge: the state of the art [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
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
core   +1 more source

COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF CONVENTIONAL AND LIQUID-BASED CYTOLOGICAL METHODS FOR CERVICAL SMEARS

open access: yesИсследования и практика в медицине, 2019
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
doaj   +1 more source

Liquid Based Cytology versus Conventional Cytology for Evaluation of Cervical PAP Smear

open access: yesJournal of Pharmaceutical Research International, 2021
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
openaire   +2 more sources

The detection of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia by electrical impedance spectroscopy: The effects of acetic acid and tissue homogeneity [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
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
core   +1 more source

Distribution of human papillomaviruses and bacterial vaginosis in HIV positive women with abnormal cytology in Mombasa, Kenya [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
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
core   +2 more sources

Semantic Integration of Cervical Cancer Data Repositories to Facilitate Multicenter Association Studies: The ASSIST Approach [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
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
core   +2 more sources

Performance of the Cellslide® automated liquid-based cytology system amongst HIV-positive women

open access: yesAfrican Journal of Laboratory Medicine, 2016
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
doaj   +1 more source

Follicular nodules (Thy3) of the thyroid: is total thyroidectomy the best option? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
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
core   +1 more source

Calibrating models in economic evaluation: a comparison of alternative measures of goodness of fit, parameter search strategies and convergence criteria.

open access: yes, 2011
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
core   +1 more source

Galectin-3 performance in histologic and cytologic assessment of thyroid nodules. A systematic review and meta-analysis [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
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
core   +1 more source

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