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- Title
Management of uterine cancer in Latina America.
- Authors
Waechter da Motta, Neiro; Schneider, Günther Alex; Escovar, Carlos Eugenio; Reis, Rosilene Jara; Lim, Fiona; Wan, Bo Angela; Silva, Maurício F.
- Abstract
In developing countries, uterine cancer is the most common gynecological cancer and its incidence has continued to increase over the past decade. Among women, it is the second most prevalent cancer after breast cancer. Surgery, when possible, constitutes the definitive primary treatment. Some patients may benefit from adjuvant treatment with radiotherapy and/or systemic treatment after radical surgery, depending on stage, age, depth of myometrial invasion, lymphovascular space invasion, and tumor grade. For patients with advanced and recurrent inoperable disease, radiation therapy, chemotherapy, and hormonal therapy are utilized to relieve symptoms such as pain and bleeding. This chapter is a review of management of uterine cancer in Latina America. The prognosis of women who experience disease progression following first-or second-line therapy is poor. Given that currently available treatments are palliative, we encourage the participation in clinical trials.
- Subjects
LATIN America; DISEASE relapse prevention; AGE distribution; CANCER chemotherapy; CANCER invasiveness; HORMONES; METASTASIS; PALLIATIVE treatment; RADIOSURGERY; THERAPEUTICS; TUMOR classification; UTERINE tumors; DISEASE management; DISEASE progression; TUMOR grading; DISEASE complications
- Publication
Journal of Pain Management, 2019, Vol 12, Issue 4, p371
- ISSN
1939-5914
- Publication type
Article