Diagnosis of advanced cervical cancer, missed opportunities?

Autor: Jérémie Mattern, Irène Letendre, Jeanne Sibiude, Cécile Pénager, Asma Jnifen, Fatoumata Souare, Sophie Ayel, Thuy Nguyen, Laurent Mandelbrot
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
Předmět:
Zdroj: BMC Women's Health, Vol 22, Iss 1, Pp 1-6 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1472-6874
DOI: 10.1186/s12905-022-01668-3
Popis: Abstract Background Cervical cancer is common worldwide. Despite the existence of primary and secondary prevention strategies, the survival rate is decreasing in France due to an increasing proportion of advanced-stage cancer. Our objective was to determine the factors associated with a diagnosis of cervical cancer at advanced stages in an urban population in France. Methods A retrospective study was conducted on all consecutive records of patients diagnosed with cervical cancer between January 2006 and December 2018 in a single center in Paris. The data collected were demographic characteristics, medical and gynecological history, circumstances of diagnosis, diagnostic and therapeutic management. The patients were divided into two groups according to the FIGO 2018 stage at diagnosis: group A stages IA1 to IB2 and group B advanced stages IB3 to IVB. Results Among 96 patients who were diagnosed with cervical cancer, 25 (26%) were in group A and 71 (74%) in group B. Women in group B had less frequently received regular gynecological care than in group A (36% vs 84.2%, p
Databáze: Directory of Open Access Journals
Nepřihlášeným uživatelům se plný text nezobrazuje