Case-control study of diet in patients with cervical cancer or precancerosis in Wufeng, a high incidence region in China.

Purpose: To investigate the diet of patients with cervical cancer and precancerosis in the Wufeng area, a high- incidence region in China.

Methods: In the case group, 104 patients diagnosed with cervical cancer or cervical intraepithelial neoplasias (CINII/III) were recruited from the Wufeng area. Nine hundred thirty-six healthy women were selected from the same area as the matched controls.

Primary screening for breast diseases among 17618 women in Wufeng area, a region with high incidence of cervical cancer in China.

In this study, the current status for breast diseases in a region with high-incidence of cervical cancer were epidemiologically investigated. From March to August, 2009, 17618 women, from Wufeng area of Hubei province, China, were recruited to screen breast diseases by using breast infrared diagnostic apparatus. Other diagnostic methods, such as B-mode ultrasound, X-ray mammography, needle biopsy and pathological examination were, if necessary, used to further confirm the diagnosis.