Cervical cancer screening by cytology and the burden of epithelial abnormalities in low resource settings: a tertiary-center 42-year study.

Background: Cytological screening remains a high-impact practice, particularly in low-resource settings, for preventing cervical cancer. The examination of screening practices over time and the prevalence of epithelial abnormalities have not been investigated in longitudinal studies in one of the largest countries in the Middle East and Africa.

Methods: Routine healthcare data, between March 1981 and December 2022, were extracted from the database of the Early Cancer Detection Unit in a tertiary referral university hospital in the Greater Cairo Region, Egypt.

Prediction of neonatal respiratory distress syndrome in term pregnancies by assessment of fetal lung volume and pulmonary artery resistance index.

Objective: To develop reference cutoff values for mean fetal lung volume (FLV) and pulmonary artery resistance index (PA-RI) for prediction of neonatal respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) in low-risk term pregnancies.

Methods: As part of a cross-sectional study, women aged 20-35 years were enrolled and admitted to a tertiary hospital in Cairo, Egypt, for elective repeat cesarean at 37-40 weeks of pregnancy between January 1, 2012, and July 31, 2013. FLV was calculated by virtual organ computer-aided analysis, and PA-RI was measured by Doppler ultrasonography before delivery.

Pulmonary complications in survivors of childhood hematological malignancies: single-center experience.

Children treated for cancer face the risk of complications later in life, including pulmonary dysfunction. The objective of this study was to evaluate frequency and severity of pulmonary complications in survivors of childhood leukemia and lymphoma treated with chemotherapy alone or combined with radiotherapy. Seventy cancer survivors of hematological malignancies were evaluated for pulmonary complications through history taking, chest examination, high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) chest, and pulmonary function testing (PFTs).

Prognostic significance of E-cadherin expression and peripheral blood micrometastasis in gastric carcinoma patients.

Background: The primary objective is to evaluate the prognostic value of E-cadherin (E-cad) expression and peripheral blood micrometastasis (PBMM) in gastric carcinoma. Secondary objective is to study the association between these 2 markers and the clinicopathological features of the patients.

Materials And Methods: This study took place at Ain Shams University Hospitals.

Outcome of submucosal injection of different sclerosing materials for rectal prolapse in children.

Parasitic infestations, mainly enterobiasis and amoebiasis, and poor toilet training practices are commonly associated with rectal prolapse in developing countries. Injection sclerotherapy is one of the commonly used modalities for treating partial rectal prolapse in children. Various materials are available for such injection, but each has its advantages and complications.