Open AccessAnalysis of 100 consecutively visiting uterine cervical cancer patients in cancer hospital
Author(s) -
B Shrestha,
Hem Nath Subedi,
Sachinda Paudel,
Manju Pandey,
Bijay Chandra Acharya,
Sarita Gurung
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
nepalese journal of cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2594-3308
pISSN - 2594-3294
DOI - 10.3126/njc.v5i1.41148
Subject(s) - medicine , cervical cancer , stage (stratigraphy) , cancer , cervix , brachytherapy , radiation therapy , presentation (obstetrics) , uterine cervix , population , gynecology , obstetrics , surgery , carcinoma , paleontology , environmental health , biology
Background: Cervical cancer is the most common cancers in female population of Nepal. Though considered a slow growing cancer, majority of patients still present very late.
Methodology: One hundred patients of cancer cervix were retrospectively analysed to see their spectrum of clinical presentation and care pathway from January 2012 to April 2012.
Results: The clinical spectrum showed they presented to clinic after average of 9 months of symptoms. Squamous cell cancers were the main histology. Majority of cases were in FIGO stage of II and IIIB. Radiation therapy with tele-therapy and brachytherapy was the main modality of treatment (94%) of cases.
Conclusion: Late stage of presentation is a very common phenomenon in the patients with cancer of cervix. Need screening programs in systematic manner to detect early stage diseases and for better care.