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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1984-12-5
pubmed:abstractText
Of 87 patients who were treated at the author's institution for primary cancer of the vagina, 31 had undergone total hysterectomy for benign disease. In this group of 31 patients, vaginal bleeding was the most common presenting symptom, although there were eight patients who were entirely asymptomatic and were diagnosed on routine examination. The stage of cancer was more advanced in the symptomatic patients than in the asymptomatic patients. There were seven patients with stage 0 disease, and four of these were asymptomatic and diagnosed by routine Papanicolaou smear. Overall, Papanicolaou smears were positive in 12 of 19 patients tested, a sensitivity rate of 63%. The authors recommend that patients who have a hysterectomy for benign disease continue to have Papanicolaou smears taken from the vaginal vault at regular intervals.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0029-7844
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
64
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
699-702
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-10-26
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1984
pubmed:articleTitle
Vaginal cancer after hysterectomy for benign disease: value of cytologic screening.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article