Objectives: This study investigates the performance of artificial intelligence (AI) technology, namely Cerviray AI, compared with Cerviray expert, aiming to compare its sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV), and area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC ROC). The Visual Inspection with Acetic Acid (VIA) test is used as the gold standard.
Results: The study involved 44 patients from various health centers in West Java Province.
Global challenges in ovarian cancer underscore the need for cost-effective screening. This study aims to assess the role of pretreatment Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte Ratio (NLR), Lymphocyte-to-Monocyte-Ratio (LMR), Platelet-to-Lymphocyte Ratio (PLR), and CA-125 in distinguishing benign and malignant ovarian tumors, while also constructing nomogram models for distinguish benign and malignant ovarian tumor using inflammatory biomarkers and CA-125. This is a retrospective study of 206 ovarian tumor patients.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBACKGROUND Placenta accreta spectrum (PAS) is a complex obstetric complication that poses a major risk for life-threatening hemorrhage. The pathogenesis of PAS is known to be related to placentogenesis, trophoblastic cells invasion, and previous obstetrical procedures that cause uterine wall defects. However, the precise mechanism of this disease has not been fully explained.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: Visual inspection of cervix after acetic acid application (VIA) has been considered an alternative to Pap smear in resource-limited settings, like Indonesia. However, VIA results mainly depend on examiner's experience and with the lack of comprehensive training of healthcare workers, VIA accuracy keeps declining. We aimed to develop an artificial intelligence (AI)-based Android application that can automatically determine VIA results in real time and may be further developed as a health care support system in cervical cancer screening.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBACKGROUND Liposarcoma of the vulva is an exceptionally rare malignant tumor. Clinically, vulvar liposarcoma often mimics benign lesions, thus misdiagnosis is common. Herein, we present a case of myxoid liposarcoma of the vulva.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Fifteen to twenty percent of the patients with complete hydatidiform mole transform malignancy into gestational trophoblastic tumors. The marked proliferation of trophoblastic cells is one of the characteristics that determines high risk for the occurrence of post-hydatidiform mole malignancy. The objective of the study was to analyze the histopathologic feature of the marked proliferation of trophoblastic cells as a role in post-hydatidiform mole malignancy that can be used as a determinant of the risk of malignancy post-hydatidiform mole.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBACKGROUND Gestational trophoblastic disease (GTD) encompasses a group of disorders that arise from abnormal growth of trophoblastic tissue. The spectrum of GTD includes 2 major groups: benign and malignant. The benign form is a hydatidiform mole, either complete or partial; the malignant forms, referred to as gestational trophoblastic neoplasia (GTN), consist of invasive moles, choriocarcinomas, placental site trophoblastic tumors, and epithelioid trophoblastic tumors.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Evid Based Complementary Altern Med
July 2017
The aim of this study was to evaluate burn wound healing activity of coconut shell liquid smoke (CS-LS) in a burn wound animal model. Burn wound-induced mice were treated with CS-LS (CS-LS group), povidone iodine 10% (povidone group), or NaCl 0.9% (NaCl group).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCarcinoembryonic antigen-related cell adhesion molecule (CEACAM) 20 is an immunoglobulin-superfamily transmembrane protein that contains an immunoreceptor tyrosine-based activation motif (ITAM) in its cytoplasmic region. However, the mechanism for tyrosine phosphorylation of, or the physiological function of, this protein remains largely unknown. Here we have shown that CEACAM20 is indeed tyrosine-phosphorylated by either treatment with pervanadate or forced expression of c-Src.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFVascular endothelial cells (ECs) are continuously exposed to shear stress (SS) generated by blood flow. Such stress plays a key role in regulation of various aspects of EC function including cell proliferation and motility as well as changes in cell morphology. Vascular endothelial-protein-tyrosine phosphatase (VE-PTP) is an R3-subtype PTP that possesses multiple fibronectin type III-like domains in its extracellular region and is expressed specifically in ECs.
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