Postmolar surveillance at a trophoblastic disease center that serves indigent women

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Many poor women who are diagnosed and treated for a molar pregnancy may not comply with follow-up appointments, according to a study of 121 women in Dallas, Texas. Only half of the Hispanic women and 11% of the black women went to all of the follow-up appointments after they were diagnosed and treated. Molar pregnancy is an abnormal growth from the placenta during pregnancy that can become cancerous.

Care and treatment, Poor women

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Aberrant p16 methylation is a biomarker for tobacco exposure in cervical squamous cell carcinogenesis

Article Abstract:

The association between active tobacco exposure and aberrant p16 promoter methylation in primary cervical squamous cell cancer and high-grade squamous cervical dysplasia are determined. The rate of p16 aberrant methylation in cervical squamous high-grade dysplasia and normal cervical cytologic specimens are investigated.

Tobacco farms, Tobacco, Tobacco Farming, Risk factors, Cervical cancer, Methylation

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Duration of human chorionic gonadotropin surveillance for partial hydatidiform moles

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A study was conducted to determine the optimal duration of human chrionic gonadotropin surveillance. The results support the suggestion that a single undetecundetectable human chorionic gonadotropin level after evacuation is sufficient follow-up to ensure remission in patients with partial hydatidiform moles.

Prenatal care, Gonadotropin, Gonadotropins

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