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Cervical Cancer
Survival rate estimated from 50-year follow-up in Finland
February 3rd, 2005
Survival rate of patients with preinvasive lesions of cervix uteri is high, according to an analysis of data from a Finnish 50-year follow-up study. "Preinvasive lesions of cervix uteri are regarded a curable disease despite some progression to invasive cancer. The ultimate outcome is not known. We estimated the 45-year survival of 12,655 patients with carcinoma in situ lesions diagnosed in 1953-2000 and reported to the Finnish Cancer Registry," said M. Hakama and colleagues. "Up to 30 years of follow-up there was about 1% decrease in cumulative relative survival per 5 years of follow-up. After that the excess mortality increased and the survival at...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-02-03)
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