Publications by authors named "Lucybeth Nieves"
Objective: Mexican Cervical Cancer Screening Study II (MECCS II) seeks to develop a highly sensitive and highly specific screening program able to be adapted to all socioeconomic levels in Mexico. The objectives of MECCS II are (1) to compare the sensitivity and specificity for cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) 3 or cancer of self-collected vaginal specimens tested for high-risk types of the human papillomavirus (HR-HPV) by APTIMA with those tested for HR-HPV by Hybrid Capture 2 (HC2); and (2) determine the efficacy of cryotherapy in the treatment of HR-HPV-positive and acetic acid-aided visual inspection (VIA)-positive and -negative women after VIA triage.
Methods: The study was conducted in rural Mexico.
Metastatic placental-site trophoblastic tumor (PSTT) continues to be a diagnostic and management dilemma due to its relative resistance to chemotherapy and the difficulties in diagnosing such a rare tumor. We describe a 35-year-old woman with PSTT presenting with irregular bleeding and a mass in the lung. Dilation and curettage provided the diagnosis of PSTT by frozen section of the specimen.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The efficacy of weekly paclitaxel has not been well characterized in either cervical or endometrial cancer.
Methods: Eligible women had disseminated endometrial or squamous cell cancer of the cervix, one prior chemotherapy regimen, measurable disease, and a Gynecologic Oncology Group (GOG) performance status of 0-2. At entry, all laboratory results were within normal limits.
Background: Gossypiboma, the term for a retained sponge, is an underestimated occurrence related to gynecologic surgery. The postoperative presentation can be acute or subacute with symptoms that include pelvic pain.
Case: A 39-year-old G7P3043 female presented with chronic pelvic pain.