The pathology of cervical cancer

Clin Obstet Gynecol. 1995 Sep;38(3):653-61. doi: 10.1097/00003081-199509000-00026.

Abstract

The significant changes over the last decade in the CIN/cervical carcinoma area have involved the increasing recognition of many cervical carcinomas as adenocarcinomas, rather than squamous cell type, and their propensity for arising in young women. Another area of interest is the deployment of new molecular techniques that are unveiling the role of oncogene co-factors (e.g. HPV, p53) in the biologic evolution of CIN and hopefully glandular dysplasia.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adenocarcinoma / pathology*
  • Age Factors
  • Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / pathology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Molecular Biology
  • Neoplasm Staging
  • Prognosis
  • Risk Factors
  • Uterine Cervical Dysplasia / pathology*
  • Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Vaginal Smears