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Women's ignorance and misperception of cervical cancer: Evidence-based analysis from low- and middle-income countries.
Curr Probl Cancer
November 2024
Department of Biochemistry, Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Avinashilingam Institute for Home science and Higher Education for Women, Coimbatore, 641 043, Tamil Nadu, India. Electronic address:
Cervical cancer is a major cause of morbidity and mortality particularly in low- and mid-income countries. This review synthesizes existing knowledge on cervical cancer, HPV infection, and HPV vaccination accumulated over the past decade (2015-2024), highlighting disparities in awareness and prevention strategies globally. Education level correlates with HPV vaccine awareness, yet mere familiarity with cervical cancer doesn't ensure understanding of its severity.
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- A case of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) complicated by leprosy infection was confirmed in a patient showing extensive skin lesions and subcutaneous masses, with a significant family history of leprosy.
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- The patient was treated with a combination of corticosteroids and antibiotics, showing improvement and resulting in hospital discharge after ten days.
Diagnostic performance of a novel ESAT6-CFP10 skin test for tuberculosis infection in school tuberculosis outbreak in China.
Front Public Health
January 2024
Department of Chronic Communicable Disease, Center for Disease Control and Prevention of Jiangsu Province, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
Background: The ESAT6-CFP10 (EC) skin test is recommended by the World Health Organization for latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI). However, it is still unknown how the EC skin test performs in students during a school tuberculosis outbreak.
Methods: We conducted an epidemiological investigation to assess the performance of the EC skin test in this high-risk population.
[Psychological impact of the announcement of an abnormal cervical smear: How to improve patient experience and information? COLANX: a multicenter study in Seine-Maritime].
Gynecol Obstet Fertil Senol
April 2023
Centre promoteur, CLCC Henri-Becquerel Rouen, service de chirurgie, rue d'Amiens, 76000 Rouen, France.
Introduction: When an anomaly in the screening by cervical smear or by the HPV-HR test is detected, the women are called for a colposcopy. Waiting for colposcopy is often an anxiety-provoking situation for women, probably linked to a widespread ignorance of the value of screening and the pathophysiology of HPV infection.
Methods: The COLANX was a multicentric study, in Seine-Maritime, conducted with 8 colposcopist practitioners.
Malaysian Women's Viewpoint on HPV Screening and Vaccination: A Study on Barriers.
Vaccines (Basel)
January 2023
Faculty of Information Science and Technology, Multimedia University, Jalan Ayer Keroh Lama, Bukit Beruang, Melaka 75450, Malaysia.
Cervical cancer is the second most common cancer in low-income countries and the third most common cancer in Malaysia among women aged 15 to 44. This is a huge concern because of the high mortality rate compared to other countries. Cervical cancer is caused by a common sexually transmitted human papillomavirus (HPV).
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