Objective: Cervical cancer screening can reduce both the incidence and mortality rates of the disease. This study aimed to assess the diagnostic accuracy of conventional cytology, liquid based cytology and visual inspection with acetic acid in detecting pre-malignant and malignant cervical lesions. Methods: There were 249 patients who participated in the study. Of these, 6/249 (2.4%) turned out positive in papsmear, 7/249 (2.8%) turned out positive in liquid based cytology while 23/249 (9.2%) turned out positive in visual inspection with acetic acid. Colposcopic guided cervical biopsy was done on all 249 patients to confirm the results. Results: Fourteen turned out positive for cervical intraepthelial neoplasia, 1 patient had carcinoma in situ and 1 was positive for squamous cell carcinoma. Conclusion Among the three screening tests, VIA appears to be the most accurate, followed by liquid based cytology as compared to the conventional papsmear.
Vaginal Smears ; Cytology ; Cytodiagnosis

Background: Cervical cancer is the most common gynecologic malignancy in the Philippines despite being a preventable disease. Radical hysterectomy with pelvic lymphadenectomy is considered the standard surgical treatment of choice for patients with cervical cancer confined to the cervix up to the upper vagina. However, recent studies show that a less radical approach can be offered to these patients with comparable outcomes to radical hysterectomy, but with lesser perioperative and post-operative morbidity. Objectives: The purpose of this study was to compare the outcomes in terms of recurrence and survival among cervical cancer patients who underwent simple hysterectomy and radical hysterectomy seen in a tertiary government hospital. Methods: The records of all cervical cancer patients who underwent radical hysterectomy and simple hysterectomy for the past ten years were reviewed. Results: The incidence of cervical cancer patients who underwent simple hysterectomy from 2009-2018 is 0.37 per 100 person years or 0.592:16, lower than 1:16 ratio from 1964-1974, as reported by Manalo and Sotto.1 Only 9 out of 42 patients who underwent simple hysterectomy had cervical cancer screening within 1 year prior to surgery. Conclusion The most common indication for surgery was myoma uteri. Those who underwent radical hysterectomy had better recurrence free survival and overall survival than those who had simple hysterectomy.
Female ; Uterine Cervical Neoplasms ; Hysterectomy