Cervical Cancer Screening in HIV-Positive Women in India: Why, When and How?

Background: Cervical cancer is an AIDS-defining illness, and HIV-positive women are at high risk. The present study aimed to determine the magnitude of the problem, compare the performance of screening tests and assess factors affecting participation.

Methods: HIV-positive women aged 30-59 years attend the anti-retroviral therapy (ART) clinics were screened by conventional Pap, HPV testing (Hybrid Capture 2) and visual inspection with acetic acid (VIA).

Pregnancy with metastatic gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) on imatinib chemotherapy: an oncologist's nightmare and obstetrician's dilemma.

Introduction: Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) are among the few cancers amenable to successful treatment by targeted molecular therapy with KIT receptor inhibitors like imatinib mesylate. Increasing incidence of this tumor and its successful treatment has given rise to issues of fertility and child bearing in patients affected at young age. Although contraception advice and termination of early pregnancy have been the standard practice in patients on such therapy, an occasional patient who desires pregnancy can leave both obstetrician and oncologist perplexed.

Effect of Helicobacter pylori eradication therapy in iron deficiency anaemia of pregnancy - a pilot study.

Background & Objectives: Despite routine iron supplementation and promotion of diet modification, iron deficiency anaemia (IDA) remains widely prevalent in our antenatal population. Recent studies in pediatric population have highlighted the role of Helicobacter pylori infection in IDA. This study was undertaken to study the effect of eradication therapy in H.