title: The Relevance of Gynecologic Oncologists to Provide High-Quality of Care to Women with Gynecological Cancer.
abstract: Gynecologic oncologists have an essential role to treat women with gynecological cancer. It has been demonstrated that specialized physicians who work in multidisciplinary teams to treat women with gynecological cancers are able to obtain the best clinical and oncological outcomes. However, the access to gynecologic oncologists for women with suspected gynecological cancer is scarce. Therefore, this review analyzes the importance of specialized care of women with ovarian, cervical, and endometrial cancer. In addition, the role of gynecologic oncologists who offer fertility-sparing treatment as well as their role in assisting general gynecologists and obstetricians is also reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Gynecology Department, Valencian Institute of Oncology (IVO) , Valencia , Spain.
authors.forename: Lucas
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Minig
authors.affiliation: Gynecology Department, Valencian Institute of Oncology (IVO) , Valencia , Spain.
authors.forename: Pablo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Padilla-Iserte
authors.affiliation: Gynecology Department, Valencian Institute of Oncology (IVO) , Valencia , Spain.
authors.forename: Cristina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zorrero
keywords: centralization of care; cervical cancer; endometrial cancer; fellowship-training program; gynecologic oncologists; ovarian cancer; vulvar cancer
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