Palliative care in cervical cancer.
1. Cervical cancer is the most frequent cancer in females and also the most frequent among female genital cancers. 2. Ever though the modality of diagnostic procedures for early detection has improved, in fact most of the patients present in the late stages, so the disease is already incurable, and palliative care is really needed. 3. Palliative care is needed not only for the terminally ill patients, but can be started at the time the cancer is diagnosed. 4. Palliative care is a multidisciplinary approach requiring teamwork. 5. Palliative care in Indonesia, especially in Dr. Soetomo Hospital, is a new modality in the fight against cancer, so we suffer many disadvantages, e.g., disability, limitation, lack of experience. However, such problems will stimulate the team to learn more.
Suhatno
Kelompok Perawatan Paliatif dan Bebas Nyeri Dr. Soetomo Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Airlangga University, Surabaya.
D000700:Analgesics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D009407:Nerve Block; D059408:Pain Management; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000379:methods; D014570:Urologic Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*
D000700:Analgesics