Treatment choices in Cervical cancer
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Cervical Cancer Call to Eradicate
This is the third national call to action from NCI-designated cancer centers, with the first statement published in 2016. All 70 cancer centers, representing the nation’s leaders in cancer care and research, perceive low vaccination rates as a public health threat and call upon physicians, parents and young adults to take advantage of this opportunity…
ISCCP-ASCO-ABSTRACT SERIES-#1
Outcomes and costs of open, robotic, and laparoscopic radical hysterectomy for stage IB1 cervical cancer. MIS is associated with decreased morbidity and costs. However, among women with ≥ 2 cm stage IB1 cervical cancer, MIS was associated with significantly decreased survival.
Whats New – Late Literature Review
Studies reporting on outcomes of histologically confirmed CIN2 in non-pregnant women, managed conservatively for three or more months. Management of high-grade cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN 2 or 3) has evolved over time, and current guidelines encourage expectant management rather than conization for young women, based on high regression rates. In a meta-analysis including over 3000…
Mum-of-two has hysterectomy aged 29 after cervical cancer diagnosis that ‘doctors dismissed as contraception problems’
Maxine Smith, 29, would bleed after sex, experienced pain during intercourse, suffered abdominal discomfort and had irregular periods in the year before her diagnosis. The mum-of-two claims she made repeated visits to her local doctors over a 12 month period to seek help but was told there was nothing to worry about. But Maxine luckily…