Comparison of outcomes in patients with early-stage mucinous endometrial cancer and those with endometrioid endometrial cancer, with and without adjuvant therapy.

Objective: To compare risk factors, treatment, and outcomes in patients with stage I/II mucinous endometrial cancer (MEC) relative to those of patients with endometrioid endometrial cancer (EEC).

Study Design: We conducted a case-control study of patients with MEC and EEC. Patients with stage IA, IB, or II MEC treated at the 2 institutions between 01/01/1996 and 01/01/2007 were identified.

Elimination of maternal and neonatal tetanus: a 21st-century challenge.

Tetanus is an acute disease manifested by motor system and autonomic nervous system instability. Maternal and neonatal tetanus occur where deliveries are performed under unsanitary circumstances and unhygienic umbilical cord practices are prevalent. Neonatal tetanus is almost always fatal in the absence of medical care.