Open AccessDilemmas in the surgical treatment of cervical cancer
Author(s) -
Srdjan Djurdjević
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
medicinski pregled
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1820-7383
pISSN - 0025-8105
DOI - 10.2298/mpns0412566d
Subject(s) - medicine , cervical cancer , stage (stratigraphy) , colposcopy , incidence (geometry) , lymphadenectomy , cystoscopy , surgery , pelvis , cancer , gynecology , obstetrics , general surgery , urinary system , paleontology , physics , optics , biology , endocrinology
Cervical cancer is the second most common cancer of the female genital tract. There are 2200 newly registered cases of cervical cancer each year in Serbia, out of which 650 women die. The incidence of invasive, advanced cervical cancer has been on decrease, whereas the incidence of "in situ" stage carcinoma increases by 2% per year with tendency of increase in the younger age groups.