Delay in Cancer Treatment Linked to Increased Mortality
Association between delay and increased mortality significant for 13 of 17 indications.
Association between delay and increased mortality significant for 13 of 17 indications.
Results of a large cohort study investigated sources of iatrogenic and noniatrogenic injuries in women coping with a potential diagnosis of cervical cancer.
View a detailed drug treatment regimen chart for cervical cancer, including therapies such as cisplatin, cisplatin + 5-FU, and more.
Incidence rate ratio 0.12 among women vaccinated before age 17; 0.47 for those vaccinated at ages 17 to 30.
New guidelines from the American Cancer Society (ACS) appear to move away from the reliance on cytology screening via Pap testing.
Nondetection rate is 13.1 percent for cotesting, higher when testing is done >12 months prediagnosis.
Vaccination should be routinely offered at age 9 to 12 years; catch-up vaccination recommended through age 26.
The consensus guideline, drafted by an ASTRO-convened expert task force, offers recommendations about radiotherapy, including brachytherapy, and chemoradiation, in different stage-of-disease and treatment-strategy settings.
Automated dual-stained slide evaluation reduces number of colposcopies versus current standards.
Meta-analysis included 15 observational studies of minimally invasive hysterectomy versus open surgery.