Open AccessConcurrent Chemoradiation for Cancer of the Cervix: Results of a Multi-Institutional Study From the Setting of a Developing Country (India)
Author(s) -
A. Nandakumar,
Goura Kishor Rath,
Amal Chandra Kataki,
P.P. Bapsy,
Prakash C. Gupta,
P Gangadharan,
R. C. Mahajan,
Manas Nath Bandyopadhyay,
Kumaraswamy,
Elizabeth Vallikad,
Rudrapat. Visweswara,
Francis Selvaraj Roselind,
Krishnan Sathishkumar,
Dampilla Daniel Vijaykumar,
Ankush Jain,
Kondalli Lakshminarayana Sudarshan
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of global oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.002
H-Index - 17
ISSN - 2378-9506
DOI - 10.1200/jgo.2015.000877
Subject(s) - medicine , cervix , developing country , cancer , cervical cancer , oncology , family medicine , gynecology , economic growth , economics
The primary output of hospital-based cancer registries is data on cancer stage and treatment-based survival that can be used to evaluate patient care, but because there are many challenges in obtaining follow-up details, a separate study on patterns of care and patterns of survival for patients at selected sites was initiated under the National Cancer Registry Programme of India. This article presents the results for cervical cancer.