The management of elderly patients with gynecologic cancer.
Although the cause of ovarian cancer is unknown, the risk of developing the disease increases with age. Postmenopausal uterine bleeding is assumed to be caused by endometrial cancer until proven otherwise by adequate cytologic or histologic sampling of the endometrium. Older women need to be educated as to the benefits of regular pelvic examinations and Papanicolaou smears.
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Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, George Washington University, Washington, District of Columbia, USA.
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D017024:Chemotherapy, Adjuvant; D017608:Chromium Compounds / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D016889:Endometrial Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D005833:Genital Neoplasms, Female / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007274:Injections, Intraperitoneal; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery; D010710:Phosphates / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy
D017608:Chromium Compounds; D010710:Phosphates; C509369:chromic phosphate