JerMa88/BMC_Womens_Health_Peer_Reviews huggingface dataset:
Title: Diagnosis of advanced cervical cancer, missed opportunities ?
Version: 2 Date: 03 Sep 2021
Reviewer's report:
Dear authors,
Thank you for sending your manuscript for review.
This is a very interesting manuscript with some important results that add to the evidence-based
for early detection and treatment of cervical cancer.
My comments:
1. Please review the manuscript for a few grammatical and formatting errors.
2. A few sections are missing references (lines 46, 54, to name a few)
3.  Line 138, could you please specify the period and whether this might have impacted the
statistical analysis.
4. Line 142, you refer to 'gynecological care'. I assume that you meant 'gynecological follow-
up' as stated in the table?
5. Line 191, in addition to health care workers additional training, shouldn’t there be some
form of individual level awareness/behavior change. Perhaps looking at women (at risk)
understanding and awareness of cervical screening and follow-up?
An interesting follow-up would be to look at the survival rate of this specific group of women
after treatment over the 2006-2016 period.
I hope this is helpful.
Warm regards.
Title: Diagnosis of advanced cervical cancer, missed opportunities ?
Version: 2 Date: 08 Oct 2021
Reviewer's report:
Diagnosis of advanced cervical cancer, missed opportunities
The article is well written and it is a very good paper considering the diagnostic aspects of
cervical cancer. However, there are minor corrections that needs to be changed in each article.
Hence kindly follow the comments.
1. Mention the FIGO stages for cervical cancer properly as follows in abstract
“Group A stages IA1 to IB2 and group B advanced stages IB3 to IVB”
Page 2 Line 30
2. The percentages are wrong in the abstract. Kindly verify as it is misleading the whole motive
of the article
Page 2 Results
3. Frequency is required (It may present in flow-chart)
Page 4 Line 81 to 83
4. It’s better to specify variables for clarity
Page 5 Line 103-104
5. Please replace the comma (,) with point (.)
Page 5 Line 118
6. It is ideal to add a point in recommendations. “Self HPV testing or alternative testing methods
should be offered to the people who are not attending the screening”.
7. Kindly correct the sentence in main findings of discussion because vaginal bleeding is
statistically significant according to the table 2. (p <0.001)
Page 6 Line 142 to 144
8. If the reason for not accessing cytology is not economic and social factors, kindly mention
the factors that are associated with the low cytology screening to design the policy (In
recommendation).
Page 6 Line 151, 152
9. Kindly mention how many people have undergone colposcopy when found abnormal in
cytology screening
10. Table on colposcopy results is required for clear understanding
11. There may be a chance that the high-grade lesions upon diagnosis are not treated (LEEP and
cryo therapy) or followed up properly and they progressed into the advanced stage.
12. Is this mean age in completed years? It will better when it presented with standard deviation
(SD) for clarity
Page 13 Table 1 Line 320
13. How frequent is the follow-up? The definition of regular follow-up
Page 13 Table 1
14. Is Distant metastases MRI finding? If yes, then p-value should not be there for this category.
Also, check for percentage of the all the variables. They don’t seem to be correct
Page 14 Table 3
15. The percentage presented in all the tables needs revision. Also, specify clearly when it is
being calculated within the category and when, with the frequency of group.
16. Discuss the table 3 and 4 in detail
Page 14,15
Title: Translating the Pelvic Organ Prolapse Score into Samoan using a modified Back
Translation Methodology
Version: 1 Date: 27 Nov 2021
Reviewer's report:
I have considerations regarding the study.
The methodology as it is described is difficulty to understand. I suggest a subdivision: Materials
and Methods (study type, study development site, ethics committee approval); participants
(inclusion and exclusion criteria, study period); assessment tools used to meet the study
objectives (the questionnaire that was translated); and data analysis (it is need to describe in
details).
It is necessary to include the original and final versions of the questionnaire.
Was a sample size calculation carried out? It is necessary to include.
The results are not clear. Why were the participants divided into two groups in the methodology,
and in the results the characterization was presented as a total sample?
Table one needs a legend.
More tables can be added to describe the results. Reading and interpreting the results becomes
clearer.
Title: Translating the Pelvic Organ Prolapse Score into Samoan using a modified Back
Translation Methodology
Version: 1 Date: 22 Dec 2021
Reviewer's report:
Thank you by opportunity to review this paper. Follow some suggestions to improve the reader
´s understanding.
It is an interesting article whose aim was to translate a questionnaire about prolapse from English
into Samoan. Although the sample of participants is small, the translation and back-translation
method were well developed, this is the strength of the study. Here are some suggestions:
1. In the abstract objective put the complete name of the questionnaire. Exclude: “pilot the
Samoan POP-SS with a sample of women”
2. Make clear in Table 1 what was evaluated in the POP-SS variable, I believe that it is the
questionnaire score. If so, the authors should add about the calculation of the questionnaire score
and its interpretation in the Methods.
3.  I also suggest adding the leaflet that the women received and the English versions of the
questionnaire and the final version of the questionnaire in Samoan
4. Discuss the POP-SS variable (Table 1) in the Discussion
5.  Although it was not the objective of the study, I recommend that the authors carry out an
assessment of the psychometric properties of this questionnaire in Samoan, so that it will soon
be published in another article. If  possible, the authors could perform the test-retest assessment
to include in this present paper.
Title: Measuring cannabis-related knowledge, attitudes, perceptions, motivations, and
influences among women of reproductive age: a scoping review
Version: 2 Date: 18 Oct 2021
Reviewer's report:
Dear authors, overall, this is a clear, concise, and well-written manuscript. This is a very
good manuscript dealing with a relevant issue. I find no fault whatsoever with the methods,
data analysis, or conclusions. Therefore, I recommend the paper being accepted and published
without further comments. Thanks for allowing me to be part of this review.
Title: Measuring cannabis-related knowledge, attitudes, perceptions, motivations, and
influences among women of reproductive age: a scoping review
Version: 2 Date: 26 Dec 2021
Reviewer:  Caterina Montagnoli
Reviewer's report:
Thank you for this opportunity to review. Overall the paper is interesting and reflects trends in
nowadays reproductive population.
I would suggest publishing the manuscript under certain conditions:
the first would be to address repetitions within single phrases (it repeats systematically along
with all the manuscript and I would recommend a general check-up on this);
the second would be to re-organise Table 1: it's very complicated to extract relevant information
from such a table. You, as an author, want tables to be catchy and sum key points: please do
such and avoid writing full phrases. You can e.g. write instead bullet points or whatever you
like to effectively pass the message you are trying to sell;
the last would be to re-write the data extraction part, paying special attention to words and
concepts repetitions;
finally, the discussion needs improvement. As authors consider drastically enriching your
discussion: you overall repeat a couple of similar ideas but add nothing innovative.
Title: Measuring cannabis-related knowledge, attitudes, perceptions, motivations, and
influences among women of reproductive age: a scoping review
Version: 3 Date: 02 Mar 2022
Reviewer:  Caterina Montagnoli
Reviewer's report:
I congratulate the authors on the changes. I still believe that table 1 could be further simplified
-you still have full phrases instead of a list of key concepts- but now it reads much better.
I appreciate the development of the discussion and the consideration the authors had for my
observations.
Title: Menstrual Hygiene Management Practice among Adolescent Girls: An Urban-Rural
Comparative Study in Rajshahi Division, Bangladesh
Version: 3 Date: 25 Jan 2021
Reviewer's report:
Abstract:
I like how you have reported the different MHM practices by each indicator. However, I am
not able to determine how you are operationalizing  adequate/healthy MHM practice in the
methodology.
Introduction:
Your introduction is very elaborate and is mostly known. I would make it concise and go into
literature about Bangladesh and then accentuate why this research is important. You have a great
start in the last paragraph, but I wanted to see more detail on why this study is necessary.
Methods:
1. How was random selection conducted?
2. For the variables of the study, I would make a table to identify how you operationalized
adequate, semi-adequate and in-adequate.
3. I would also show what questions you asked to determine MHM
Results:
1. Excellent presentation of results. However, I am still confused how you are operationalizing
MHM.
2. Could you outline how you operationalize social connection?
Discussion:
1. You have done a wonderful job of comparing the results to the literature. However, I wanted to
know more about the so-what? I was hoping you could discuss the implications of these results
and why these are important.
Title: Menstrual Hygiene Management Practice among Adolescent Girls: An Urban-Rural
Comparative Study in Rajshahi Division, Bangladesh
Version: 3 Date: 02 Apr 2021
Reviewer's report:
Mention the Rationale of the study
The objective of the study is also missing in the introduction.
Justify the stratification of age in result
How you classify the family size? Number of family members and why?
Elaborate the criteria for economic class (lower, middle, upper)
Title: Menstrual Hygiene Management Practice among Adolescent Girls: An Urban-Rural
Comparative Study in Rajshahi Division, Bangladesh
Version: 7 Date: 20 Sep 2021
Reviewer's report:
This is an interesting study, and the authors have collected a unique dataset using a cross-
sectional study methodology. Thank you for addressing the concerns. The paper is generally
a good attempt to write in a structured way. However, in my opinion, the paper has some
comments regarding some general data analyses and text to make the paper stronger. Although
the manuscript seems appropriate for publication, there are some comments:
General comment: The level of English throughout your manuscript does not meet the journal's
required standard and will need to be improved before submitting a revised manuscript. To
help with English language usage and quality, we strongly recommend that you consult with a
colleague whose native language is English or use a professional language editing service.
Abstract: Mention the significant differences in rural and urban locations in maintaining
menstrual hygiene management in Rajshahi, which is missing.
Limitation: Due to the sensitivity of the research topic, during the data collection procedure, it
may face some barriers. Would you please mention the barriers in collecting data, if there is any?
Title: Breast cancer morbidity and mortality in rural Ethiopia: Data from 788 verbal autopsies
Version: 0 Date: 28 Jul 2021
Reviewer's report:
In this paper the authors report the duration of disease and symptoms of patients in rural Ehiopia.
However, there are several minor issues in this paper.
1. Are you sure that this survey was done in 2011 and 2012?
If so, it is questionable whether it is an accurate representation of the current situation. I do not
believe that there has been no change in the health care system in Ethiopia over the past 10 years,
and I think that the impact of this paper is weak.
2. In Figure3, is general and local reversed?
3. Treastmen is rarely mentioned , only surgery in breast cancer patients.
Title: Breast cancer morbidity and mortality in rural Ethiopia: Data from 788 verbal autopsies
Version: 0 Date: 02 Aug 2021
Reviewer's report:
Breast cancer is one of the most prevalent malignant disease in women, but it has a relatively
good prognosis with early intervention.
As the author mentioned, young women play an important role in their home and in society, and
their loss has immeasurable and significant consequences. I consider the high rate of ulceration
cases also raises the seriousness of the medical environment problem. Based on this study result,
it is a very valuable analysis if they will proceed to solve the problems.
Since this is a retrospective cross-sectional study conducted to investigate the cause of death
of young women in Ethiopia, there is a possibility of recall bias as mentioned in the text. In
addition, there might be the possibility that some patients couldn't tell or teach their symptoms
to their close person, including their family, because they don't want to make them anxious or to
be confused by complaining about their symptoms or they hesitated to show the appearance of
the breast. From these view, I think it is important to add how did you considered this possibility.
It was very important and interesting to investigate the causes of death of young Ethiopian
women and seek their improvement. It is thought that these problems will be solved by
conducting prospective observational studies as the next step. Based on the results of this study,
I hope the treatment of breast cancer will be improved as much as possible in your country.
Title: Breast cancer morbidity and mortality in rural Ethiopia: Data from 788 verbal autopsies
Version: 2 Date: 08 Nov 2021
Reviewer's report:
In this paper the authors report the duration of disease and symptoms of patients in rural Ehiopia.
However, there are several minor issues in this paper.
1.The new Ethiopian cancer control and prevention strategy was drafted in 2016 and includes
six new peripheral cancer centers. These centers are still not providing service. Therefore we
belive the situation in rural Ethiopia has not changed much since 2012." I think this sentence
should be in the discussion or limitation, not in the methods.
2.This information is very important for the health care issues in rural Ethiopia. In the discussion
part, why don't you include your thoughts on what changes are needed in rural health care from
this study?
Title: Breast cancer morbidity and mortality in rural Ethiopia: Data from 788 verbal autopsies
Version: 2 Date: 10 Nov 2021
Reviewer's report:
I believe that your study which emphasizes the importance of mortality statistics in East Africa,
especially Ethiopian, has warning about early detection of breast cancer and terminal care, and
it is extremely important. Actually, as your results show, the proportion of patients with ulcers
is very high, and the fact that breast cancer patients have been suffering from cancer symptoms
for as long as a year is a huge problem. I definitely think this is a very important cohort study.
However, as you mentioned in the abstract, the purpose of this study was to assess breast cancer
mortality, with a particular focus on the period of suffering", the term was not evaluated and it
is a little bit difficult to determine what symptoms suffered for a year. I think that clarifying this
point a little more, you will be able to emphasize the importance of terminal care. (Of course,
mental distress caused by awareness of the tumor is also important, but physical distress such
as pain, respiratory distress, and malaise has a greater impact.)
Title: Breast cancer morbidity and mortality in rural Ethiopia: Data from 788 verbal autopsies
Version: 3 Date: 14 Feb 2022
Reviewer's report:
Thank you for your revising in detail. As you show, the fact that more than 70% of Ethiopian
breast cancer (BC) patients are suffered any BC symptoms more than 6 months is surprising real.
Since many of BC symptoms are physical pain and respiratory distress, I think these symptoms
may be improved by detecting earlier and performing local control or treatment like surgery.
Moreover, about 90% of BC patients stay at home at the end of their lives. I think that bleeding
and ulcers from the breast must cause great anxiety and fear to the caring families.
Based on the current problems in Ethiopia, this will be a very important report as a great guideline
for how to recommend treatment and medical examinations in the future.
Title: Identification of Autophagy-related Long Non-coding RNAs in Endometrial Cancer via
Comprehensive Bioinformatics Analysis
Version: 1 Date: 25 Oct 2021
Reviewer:  Beniamin Oskar Grabarek
Reviewer's report:
However the paper is interesting, major revision is required.
1. In the abstract, the statement "Endometrial cancer is the sixth most common cancer among
women in the world and advanced patients are prone to relapse." is not precise. It has to be
rewritten.
2. "Conclusions: The 10 autophagy-related lncRNAs are potential prognostic and diagnostic
biomarkers and the prognosis model can accurately predict the prognosis of patients with
endometrial cancer." - this statement should be rephrased to be more speculative and supported
via obtained data.
3. "Endometrial cancer is the sixth most common cancer among women worldwide and the 14th
leading cause of cancer-related deaths (1)." - please add year of data.
4. In the paper, please precise if you mean all types of endometrial cancer or endoimetroid
endometrial cancer ?
5. lines 62-65 - please start from The aim of the study was....
6. please cite:
https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm9124020
Oncotarget, 2018, Vol. 9, (No. 76), pp: 34413-34428
7. in the discussion, please add the paragraph about strenghts and liminations of this study.
8. Please add date of accesion data from database
9. all sub-section in the material and methods section have to be more describe in more details.
10. English should be corrected once again.
Title: Identification of Autophagy-related Long Non-coding RNAs in Endometrial Cancer via
Comprehensive Bioinformatics Analysis
Version: 1 Date: 19 Jan 2022
Reviewer:  Jan Bie#kiewicz
Reviewer's report:
The Authors have submitted a research paper entitled: 'Identification of Autophagy-related Long
non-coding RNAs in Endometrial Cancer via Comprehensive Bioinformatics Analysis'.
The manuscript is 19 pages long and is divided into a standard clear layout: Title Page, Abstract,
Background, Methods, Results, Discussion and Declarations. A list of 32 references is provided
and covers up-to-date literature on the research matter. 2 tables and 6 figures are attached to the
manuscript - all clear and easy to read.
The authors have performed a retrospective analysis on available genetical and clinical data
of endometrial cancer patients (data retrieved from a public databases) and have selected  10
autophagy-related lncRNA sequences to construct a prognostic model in endometrial cancer
patients.
This is a well written, technically sound and overall interesting manuscript and I do encourage
the Editorial Board to publish it after Authors have addressed some minor issues. Please see
the list below.
1. Although language accuracy should not be the main issue while reviewing a scientific paper
(I am not a native speaker myself), I do recommend to proof the text again. There are some
language errors that should be corrected [e.g. '(...)  Methods: Downloaded the sequencing data
and clinical information of endometrial cancer patients', 'nipple serous' (endometrial cancer)
(?), 'non-protein coding RNAs ' - rather 'non-coding' than 'non-protein coding', 'differential
expression', 'Annotated and organized the data of lncRNAs and protein-encoded mRNA with
Perl and R software", 'Downloaded 257 autophagy-related genes from the Human', 'Construct
the prognostic model', and many others]
2. The need for a prognostic model should be better described/introduced. Among many other
gynaecological malignancies, endometrial cancer is rather quite an easy one to diagnose/treat/
suspect and has a substantially better prognosis than e.g. advanced ovarian cancer or cervical
cancer. Why did authors decide do construct a prognostic model for this particular disease?
3. In line 65 authors suggest that the selected autophagy-related lncRNAs could be potential
therapeutic targets - could authors elaborate on that?
4. Did authors analyse the role of the selected lncRNA sequences in the response of endometrial
cancer patients to radio/chemotherapy? If such conclusions could be made upon analysing the
very same public dataset, it would be a valuable augmentation to the paper.
5. How did authors exactly divide the patients into low- and high-risk individuals - it should be
clearly marked in the text.
Title: Premenstrual syndrome, coping mechanisms and associated factors among Wolkite
university female regular students, Ethiopia, 2021
Version: 2 Date: 22 Nov 2021
Reviewer's report:
Dear Authors ,
Thanks for your effort, women health field of study is essential for the future health of families
and countries, which this study title is about it. This is a potentially important finding although
this seems to be a well-written manuscript. I have some comments on how the
a manuscript may be improved, which I hope will be useful to the authors:
Methods section: if all scales of present study such as copping mechanism have references,
would be better, its, my suggestion.
Introduction and Discussion sections: please apply updated references in the main manuscript.
Also, compared results of the present study with the nation studies or context of your country
are recommended. Then international results are compared with present results to be useful.
Discussion: please add limitations, recommendations for decreasing these limitations, and what
is your suggestions for future study.
Conclusion: please add your practical recommendation based on predictors of premenstrual
syndrome as your results of the present study, for future study among female students.
Title: Premenstrual syndrome, coping mechanisms and associated factors among Wolkite
university female regular students, Ethiopia, 2021
Version: 2 Date: 07 Dec 2021
Reviewer's report:
This is very interested and important cross- sectional analysis of premenstrual syndrome and
coping mechanisms among Wolkite university female students. I do have few comments that
can improve and strength this manuscript.
Section study design, setting and sampling: the information about how many faculties is in the
Wolkite University is repeating 2 times in same section. I would suggest to keep the information
about 9 faculties and also how many regular students are attending it (line 160-164) and to delete
section that is mentioning what are the 9 faculties (line 147-149).
Discussion: try to add in the discussion the ways for PMS symptoms improvement and what
practically can be done from the faculties and public health centers to help and address this topic.
Title: Premenstrual syndrome, coping mechanisms and associated factors among Wolkite
university female regular students, Ethiopia, 2021
Version: 3 Date: 13 Feb 2022
Reviewer's report:
Thank you authors for  all your responses.
In the discussion line 323-324: I don't think you can make this kind of recommendation based
on cross sectional study as a cause- effect relationship cannot be determined.
Being married can be  described as one of the options that can be used as a  preventive measure
(as you already did in lines 319-232).
Would recommend native English  for academic proofread also.