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Workforces Education & Development Group (Faculty of Medicine, University of Sydney), formerly known as Office of Postgraduate Medical Education

See 'human papillomavirus'.

Full, uncomfortable feeling in abdomen. Can be caused by gas, easting in excess or constipation.

A sac with an elastic wall of muscle; found in the lower part of the abdomen. The bladder stores urine until it is passed from the body.

Removal of cells or tissue from the body for examination under a microscope.

A hormone normally found in the blood and urine during pregnancy. It may also be produced by some tumour cells. An increased level of beta-human chorionic gonadotropin may be a sign of a cancer of the uterus, ovary, liver, stomach, pancreas or lung, or gestational trophoblastic disease. Beta-human chorionic gonadotropin may also be produced in response to certain conditions that are not cancer. Also called B-hCG.

Not cancerous. Benign cells are not able to spread like cancer cells.

Bettering the Evaluation and Care of Health

At the beginning of the trial, before treatment is started.