A Comparison of 3 Ways of Conventional Pap Smear, Liquid-Based Cytology and Colposcopy vs Cervical Biopsy for Early Diagnosis of Premalignant Lesions or Cervical Cancer in Women with Abnormal Conventional Pap Test.

The most cost effective method of prevention and detection of cervical cancer is the Pap smear. In abnormal Pap smear, colposcopy, endocervical curettage and biopsy will be done. Gold standard method in detecting cervical lesion is biopsy.

Age of menarche as a risk factor for gynecological cancer in Iranian women and review of the literature.

Background: This study analyzed the age of menarche in different regions of Iran with a review of previous studies and examined the changes of menarche age over the past years.

Materials And Methods: A descriptive and cross-sectional study which was conducted in 11 different provinces of Iran with a sample size of 26,831. The year of birth and age of menarche in the population obtained through health records which were available in the health centers collected and also questioning the subjects under investigation.

Evaluation of serum CA 125 level and its relation to surgical, histopathologic and ultrasonographic findings in patients with pelvic mass.

Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between the levels of tumour marker CA 125 antigen and pelvic tumour size, histopathological type, stage, bilateral status, ascites, type of surgery, and postoperative complications.

Materials And Methods: A retrospective cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted on 203 patients with a pelvic mass who were visited in the Shahid Sadoughi hospital in Yazd, Iran from 2007 to 2010. Data were analyzed by software SPSS v.

A comparison of the effect of levonorgestrel IUD with oral medroxyprogesterone acetate on abnormal uterine bleeding with simple endometrial hyperplasia and fertility preservation.

Objective: Endometrial hyperplasia is clinically important, because it can lead to abnormal uterine bleeding (AUB) which itself can precede endometrial cancer. Endometrial carcinoma is the most common malignancy of the female genital tract, occurring in about 75%-85% younger, perimenopausal women as endometrial hyperplasia. The treatment is hysterectomy or hormone therapy with progesterone.

Conservative management of young women with endometrial carcinoma or complex atypical hyperplasia: report of three cases and literature review.

Background: Although endometrial cancer is primarily a postmenopausal disease, 25% of patients are in premenopausal age with 3-5% being 40 years old or younger. The younger groups of women with endometrial carcinoma are frequently nulligravid with a history of infertility and strong desire to preserve fertility, which may pose a therapeutic dilemma for both patients and physicians.

Case Reports: We report on three young women with atypical complex hyperplasia or early-stage endometrial cancer that were treated with conservative hormonal therapy.