Publications by authors named "Julia Tambascia"
Article Synopsis
- The study investigated the link between clue cells in cervical smears and COX-2 expression in cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) lesions, analyzing samples from 228 women.
- Out of these, the majority had CIN3, and the prevalence of clue cells was similar across different CIN severities, but there was a noticeable negative association between COX-2 expression and the presence of clue cells in Pap smears.
- Additionally, while HPV infection showed a borderline association with COX-2 expression, the research suggests that clue cells might disrupt the inflammatory processes related to the development of CIN.
Cervical cancer screening remains a challenge in developing countries due to a complex array of problems. This paper aimed to describe the experience with organization of cervical cancer screening in three districts of Campinas and the surrounding region in São Paulo State, Brazil, and to report the resulting data. The program was organized in a pyramid format, and the health care hierarchy was defined according to the complexity and total number of medical procedures.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: We compared the performance of cervical cytology and HPV DNA test in detection of residual or recurrent disease following the treatment of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) 2/3 with loop electrosurgical excision procedure (LEEP).
Subjects And Methods: A series of 107 women subjected to LEEP due to histologically confirmed CIN 2/3 between March 2001 and December 2002 were followed-up biannually until January 2004. Follow-up visits consisted of interview and gynecological examination including cervical cytology, hybrid capture II (HCII), and colposcopy.