I asked Wati if the oncologist ever tell why she has to undergo radiotherapy when everything is clean. After all it is just a Stage 1 cancer. Wati was told that undergoing radiotherapy is to prevent the cancer from recurring in the near future. I explained to Wati and her family that ...
Correlation of presenting symptoms and patient characteristics with endometrial cancer prognosis in Japanese women. Int J Gynecol Obstet 2005; 91(2): 151-56.Kodama J, Seki N, Ojima Y, et al. Correlation of presenting symptoms and patient characteristics with endometrial cancer prognosis in Japanese...
Cervical cancer recurrence is defined as local tumour regrowth or development of distant metastases at least 6 months after the primary lesion has regressed. Residual disease is that which is evident within 6 months of primary treatment. Approximately 30% of women with cervical cancer die of residua...
“I have been busy working, treating patients with cancer, doing research, and taking care of the kids and started to have symptoms,” she explained. “I was like, ‘Maybe this is just normal menopause.’” But the bleeding continued for three weeks, then six weeks. As the bleeding becam...
Should every patient with endometrial cancer undergo molecular testing? When should testing be ordered? HERZOG: What [molecular] testing do you use, if any, for endometrial cancer? CHATIWALA: I use Caris [Molecular Testing]. HERZOG: So you’re getting everything. You’re getting the NGS [nex...
Jemperli is the only immuno-oncology treatment approved in the frontline setting for this patient population in combination with chemotherapy Patients with this type of endometrial cancer face significant unmet n...
Kodama J, Seki N, Ojima Y, Nakamura K, Hongo A, Hiramatsu Y. Correlation of presenting symptoms and patient characteristics with endometrial cancer prognosis in Japanese women. Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2005; 91:151-156. [PubMed: 16162346]...
Ovarian cancerEndometrial cancerPRO-CTCAE libraryChemotherapyWomen with endometrial or ovarian cancer experience a variety of symptoms during chemotherapy. Patient-Reported outcomes (PROs) can provide insight into the symptoms they experience. A PRO tool tailored to this patient population can help ...
144 Oral Time without tumor symptoms and toxicity (TWIST) analysis of adjuvant radiotherapy (RT) for endometrial cancer patients (pts)doi:10.1016/S0167-8140(02)82463-XSDOSRadiotherapy and Oncology
The overall score of the instrument correlated well with the GI scale of the Health Assessment Questionnaire for the Spondyloarthropathies (GI-S-HAQ; r = 0.58, p < 0.001) and the total number of GI symptoms (r = 0.77, p < 0.001). Each subscale correlated well with the GI-S-HAQ. ...