Cervical Cancer

New cervical cancer study findings recently were published by N. Takeshima and co-researchers

Published in Cancer Weekly, August 4th, 2009

"We examined the effectiveness of postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy for node-positive cervical adenocarcinoma. During the period from 1994 to 2002, 98 consecutive patients, with clinical stage I and II cervical adenocarcinoma were treated surgically Without having undergone any prior treatment," researchers in Tokyo, Japan report.

"Surgical procedures included radical hysterectomy, bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy, and pelvic lymphadenectomy. Postoperatively., 21 patients were found to have lymph node metastasis, and all were treated with chemotherapy in the absence of radiotherapy. All patients were followed LIP for at least 5 years. Recurrence developed in 9 of the...

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Source: Cancer Weekly (2009-08-04)

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