The role of chemotherapy in the management of carcinoma of the cervix.
Carcinoma of the cervix remains the most common form of cancer to affect women worldwide despite effective screening techniques. Advances in treatment, particularly systemic therapies, have improved outcomes for cervical cancer. This article examines the role of chemotherapy, particularly in those patients with disseminated disease and those with locally advanced disease in the pelvis.
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Division of Oncology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi 39216, USA. jtthigpen@worldnet.att.net
D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000556:secondary; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D010386:Pelvic Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000556:secondary; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology