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Cervical Cancer
New findings from D.P. Hurrell and co-authors describe advances in cervical cancer
June 16th, 2009
According to recent research published in the International Journal of Gynecological Pathology, "We report a case in which a vaginal adenocarcinoma was discovered in a 67-year-old woman 16 years after hysterectomy for cervical adenocarcinoma in situ. Both the vaginal and cervical lesions exhibited morphologic and immunohistochemical (CDX2-positive) features of intestinal differentiation." "Linear array human papillomavirus genotyping demonstrated the vaginal adenocarcinoma to contain human papillomavirus 45. We believe the vaginal adenocarcinoma to be related to the cervical adenocarcinoma in situ and to represent recurrence of this," wrote D.P. Hurrell and...
Source: Cancer Weekly (2009-06-16)
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