Polina Petkova Vasileva Author
Subjects of specialization
Affiliation
Colorectal cancer, Cancer chemotherapy, Prostate biomarker, Endometrial cancer, Tumor marker
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical University, Pleven, Bulgaria
Polina Petkova Vasileva was working in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical University, Pleven, Bulgaria. He has more than 40 publications. His current research area related to oncology
Case Report Open Access
Author(s): Angel Danchev Yordanov, Borislava Ivova Dimitrova, Milena Dimitrova Karcheva, Polina Petkova Vasileva and Stanislav Hristov Slavchev
Objective: Lymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma of the uterine cervix is a rare subtype of squamous cell carcinoma (SSC) and it is more common in Asia-5.5%, than in Europe-0.7%. It is considered that LELC is associated with Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection in Asian and with Human papilloma virus (HPV) or no infection in Caucasian patients. Compared to the common cervical cancer LELC affects younger women, its outcome is better and it has to be with a lower frequency of regional lymph node metastasis and recurrence.
Case report: We present three cases of LELC with lymph node metastasis and a follow- up of the patients. The diagnosis was confirmed histologically. All three cases have been exa... view moreĀ»