title: Cancer of the cervix: current management and new approaches.
abstract: This article summarizes the current management of patients with newly diagnosed cervical cancer. The topics range from the management of early-stage disease to the phase III randomized studies that have established the current standard of care for patients with locally advanced cancer of the cervix. New approaches to combined-modality therapy with the goal of improving outcomes and decreasing complications are also described.
authors.affiliation: Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Northwestern University Medical School Chicago, Illinois, USA.
authors.forename: Anand T
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Shivnani
authors.forename: B J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Rimel
authors.forename: Julian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Schink
authors.forename: William
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Small
mesh_terms: D017326:Clinical Trials, Phase III as Topic; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D011379:Prognosis; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy