Open AccessSelf-perceived burden and influencing factors in patients with cervical cancer administered with radiotherapy
Author(s) -
Ting Luo,
Rongrong Xie,
Yanxia Huang,
Xiaohui Gong,
Hong Qin,
Yixiao Wu
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
world journal of clinical cases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.368
H-Index - 10
ISSN - 2307-8960
DOI - 10.12998/wjcc.v9.i17.4188
Subject(s) - medicine , cervical cancer , radiation therapy , cancer , oncology , physical therapy , clinical psychology
Cervical cancer is the fourth commonest malignancy in women around the world. It represents the second most commonly diagnosed cancer in South East Asian women, and an important cancer death cause in women of developing nations. Data collected in 2018 revealed 5690000 cervical cancer cases worldwide, 85% of which occurred in developing countries.