Diagnostic Strategies for Recurrent Cervical Cancer: A Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The effectiveness of various strategies for the post-treatment monitoring of cervical cancer is unclear. This pilot study was conducted to explore recurrence patterns in and diagnostic strategies for patients with uterine cervical cancer who were meticulously followed using a customized monitoring plan.

Methods

The epidemiological and clinical data of patients with recurrent cervical cancer treated from March 2012 to April 2018 at a tertiary teaching hospital were retrospectively collected. The diagnostic methods and their reliability were compared across patients with various clinicopathological characteristics and were associated with survival outcomes.

Results

Two hundred sixty-four patients with recurrent cervical cancer were included in the study, among

SUBMITTER: Chao X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7750634 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature