Professor Michael Hockel of the University of Leipzig and colleagues have revealed that the rate of survival in cervical cancer patients may be increased by 20 per cent by making several tweaks in major surgeries conducted to treat the cancer.
The researchers said that a new technique called as mesometrial resection (TMMR) was very successful in treating the cancer and that it also had lesser complications.
Cervical Cancer - Types, Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment, Complications & Prevention
Cancer cervix refers to cancerous growth in the cervix and usually occurs in the transition called squamo-columnar junction.
Cancer cervix refers to cancerous growth in the cervix and usually occurs in the transition called squamo-columnar junction.
In a study on 212 patients, who underwent TMMR, the cancer relapsed in only 10 after 41 months. The five-year survival rate with the new surgery was 91 per cent as compared with about 70 per cent in the conventional cancer surgery.
The details of the study appear in The Lancet Oncology.
About Cancer in Women
Cancer is one of the frequently talked about and most feared disease that falls under the genre of lifestyle diseases that have evolved, rather rapidly, in the past two decades.
Cancer is one of the frequently talked about and most feared disease that falls under the genre of lifestyle diseases that have evolved, rather rapidly, in the past two decades.
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Ian Frazer Bags AMA Gold Medal For Work On Cervical Cancer Vaccines
Immunologist Professor Ian Frazer has been named the winner of the prestigious AMA Gold Medal.
Immunologist Professor Ian Frazer has been named the winner of the prestigious AMA Gold Medal.
Vaccine To Protect Against Cervical Cancer Approved
For the first time women will have a vaccine to protect themselves from cervical cancer as the United States has approved.
For the first time women will have a vaccine to protect themselves from cervical cancer as the United States has approved.
