Cervical biopsies can be painful. Pain levels depend on several factors, including the type of biopsy and whether doctors administer pain relief during the procedure. A cervical biopsy involves removing tissue samples from a person’s cervix and sending ...

You know the drill when it comes to Pap smears: Don the paper gown, slide to the edge of the table, etc. But what if, after an abnormal Pap smear, your doctor says they need to do a cervical biopsy? Freak out a bit? I did. I’ve been moderately sexually ...

In most solid tumors, including cervical cancer, the spread of cancer cells via the lymphatics to regional lymph nodes is an important early event in metastatic disease. 1, 2 Nodal metastasis is a key factor in the staging of human cancers, an important ...

OF the 17,000 annual deaths in the United States from uterine cancer the large majority are caused by carcinoma of the cervix. It has been stated that only 11 per cent of cervical cancers reach the surgeon in the early stage, and 60 per cent are completely ...

Clearance of Type-Specific, Low-Risk, and High-Risk Cervical Human Papillomavirus Infections in HIV-Negative and HIV-Positive Women This was a cross-sectional comparative study of 200 consenting participants at the Federal Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki over ...

Background A 28-year-old Hispanic gravida 1 was found to have a 4–5 cm cervical mass when she presented at 23 weeks gestation. On pelvic examination, the tumor was shown to encompass the entire circumference of the cervix without parametrial or vaginal ...