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Treatment of advanced cervical cancer: a population‐based study
Author(s) -
CAIRNS M.,
HARRY V.,
SARKAR T.K.,
PARKIN D.E.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
european journal of cancer care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.849
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1365-2354
pISSN - 0961-5423
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2354.2007.00882.x
Subject(s) - medicine , cervical cancer , population , chemoradiotherapy , oncology , cancer , environmental health
Chemoradiation is the standard treatment for locally advanced cervical cancer. We report how our population were treated over a 6‐year period. Approximately 78.7% of all patients with advanced cervical cancer received chemoradiation, which appears to be well tolerated and acceptable to patients.