Cancer of the cervix.
OBJECTIVE
To review the advances in the diagnosis, evaluation, staging, and treatment of cervical cancer that have been made in the past 10 years, and identify the work that still needs to be done.


METHODS
Journal and review articles, book chapters, and research studies.


CONCLUSIONS
Although cervical cancer has a preinvasive component and should be easily preventable, it has not been eradicated. Issues that prevent access to health care need to be addressed.


CONCLUSIONS
Nurses now have a more extended role in screening patients and educating them regarding the importance of preventive care. As new treatments are developed, the nurse is the one who will monitor the patient for side effects and assist with minimizing them. When all treatments fail in advanced disease, the nurse will assist the patient to deal with end-of-life issues and symptom control.
University Hospital, SUNY at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY, USA.
Margaret
M
Fischer
D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009859:Oncology Nursing; D012307:Risk Factors; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D014626:Vaginal Smears