Patients with locally advanced cervical cancer should not undergo routine pretreatment surgical staging

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dc.contributor.author	Mota, F
dc.contributor.author	Oliveira, CF
dc.date.accessioned	2008-11-26T11:22:06Z
dc.date.available	2008-11-26T11:22:06Z
dc.date.issued	2006
dc.description.abstract	The current FIGO staging system for locally advanced cervical cancer (Stages IIB to IVA) is considerably inaccurate, especially because lymph node metastases are ignored. Surgical staging has been used to overcome this insufficiency, allowing individualisation of therapy. However, this approach is controversial and should not be routinely undertaken considering the feasibility, adequacy and morbidity involved with the surgical procedure. Moreover, the survival benefit of surgical staging has yet to be proven and accurate non-invasive imaging alternatives, such as position emission tomography (PET) scanning, have become available. The management of patients with locally advanced cervical cancer based on PET and computed tomography (CT) imaging is proposed and discussed.	en
dc.identifier.citation	Eur J Gynaecol Oncol. 2006;27(2):109-14	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10400.4/149
dc.language.iso	eng	en
dc.subject	Metástases Linfáticas	en
dc.subject	Neoplasias do Colo do Útero	en
dc.subject	Tomografia Computorizada	en
dc.subject	Tomografia de Emissão de Positrões	en
dc.title	Patients with locally advanced cervical cancer should not undergo routine pretreatment surgical staging	en
dc.type	journal article
dspace.entity.type	Publication
rcaap.rights	openAccess
rcaap.type	article	en

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