Early cervical cancer coexistent with idiopathic inflammatory bowel disease.
Early invasive carcinoma of the cervix may be treated by surgery or radiation therapy. Two patients with early cervical cancer are presented whose concomitant inflammatory bowel disease figured significantly in the selection of surgery as treatment. The use of radiotherapy in the face of inflammatory bowel disease, however, is not clearly addressed in the literature.
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Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of South Florida College of Medicine, Tampa 33682.
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D000328:Adult; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000150:complications* / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015212:Inflammatory Bowel Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D011832:Radiation Injuries; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery