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In the recent years, the widespread adoption of primary and secondary preventions has dramatically reduced the incidence of cervical cancer in developed countries. However, cervical cancer still represents a major health concern, being the third most common malignancy among women aged <39 years, and the second most common cause of death for cancer among females between 20 and 39 years in the United States. Cervical cancer is one of the most preventable types of cancer, since it develops over a long time and the causative agent has been recognized. Persistent infection from human papillomavirus (HPV) is the main factor causing cervical cancer. Generally, persistent HPV infection causes cervical dysplasia (also known as cervical intraepithelial neoplasia), which potentially evolves in cancer. Although the majority of women with HPV infection will never develop lesions, a relatively high number of women is at risk of developing cervical dysplasia. Women with cervical dysplasia who have appropriate follow-up and treatments are at low risk of developing cervical cancer. However, recurrent cervical dysplasia is a well-known risk factor for cervical cancer. Additionally, recurrent cervical dysplasia might be cause of morbidity since adjunctive surgical treatments are associated with fertility and obstetrical issues in women who wish to preserve their childbearing potential. With this background, identifying the best treatment modality for patients with cervical dysplasia is of paramount importance. However, the management of residual/recurrent dysplasia after primary treatment is often challenging. Moreover, it is important to classify patients based on their risk of having persistent/recurrent dysplasia after primary treatment. Assessing these classes of risks is useful in tailoring appropriate surveillance and determining the need for adjunctive treatments. Our study group estimated the risk of developing persistent/recurrent dysplasia in several investigations, observing that positive surgical margins, surgical techniques, high-risk HPV infection at the time of diagnosis, and HPV persistence are the main prognostic factors. Our data corroborated a considerable body of literature investigating this issue. However, it is difficult to estimate the risk of developing persistent/recurrent dysplasia for each patient. Similarly, few investigations evaluated outcomes of patientsaffected by vaginal intraepithelial neoplasia with discor-dant results. In fact, there is no consensus on the optimaltreatment modality for those patients. Treatments in-cluded: topical application of imiquimod or 5-fluorouracil(5-FU), as well as ablative and excisional proceduresexecuted via conventional surgery, electrosurgery andcarbon dioxide LASER. The risk of developinginvasive vaginal cancer in those patients remains unclear,ranging between 2% and 12% in different series.Recently, a multi-institutional Italian study reports thatmore than 10% of women initially diagnosed with high-grade vaginal intraepithelial neoplasia are detected withoccult invasive vaginal cancer at the time of excisionalprocedure, thus suggesting the need to achieve a histologi-cal diagnosis before proceeding to ablative or medicaltreatments Here, we aim to evaluate the importance of various prognostic factors in influencing the risk of persistent/recurrent lesions of the uterine cervix and the vagina
The goal of this observational study is to explore the effectiveness and side effects of a high dose daily adapted SBRT (stereotactic body radiotherapy) boost delivered with MRLinac in patients with gynaecological cancers that cannot receive a brachytherapy boost to the primary tumour for different reasons (medical conditions, tumour extensions, etc). Current alternative for brachytherapy in these situations is often a non-adaptive conebeam- CT guided boost. Conebeam-CT guided non-adaptive high dose SBRT in under these circumstances is described being quite toxic. The main questions this study aims to answer are: - In how many cases could local control (i.e. total disappearance of the tumor) is be achieved with this treatment? - Which side effects are observed in patients receiving this treatment? Participants will be asked to fill out questionnaires (e.g. regarding side effects). Furthermore, participants are asked if their clinical data may be used for study purposes.
In France, cervical cancer screening is the subject of a national screening programme organized for all asymptomatic individuals aged 25 to 65 years with a cervix. The latter contributes greatly to the prevention and early treatment of this disease, whose public health challenge is recognized worldwide. One of the objectives of this programme is to reduce inequalities in access. Transgender men, i.e. individuals assigned to the female gender at birth but identifying with the male gender, are concerned by this screening as long as they still have a cervix, according to the same modalities as for cisgender women. However, they are often excluded from health care, including organized screening programs. Gender change in civil status is one of the obstacles. The provision of gynaecological care is sometimes inadequate. The lack of knowledge of health professionals and the problems of discrimination that transgender people may face reduce the chances of having equitable access. This survey aims to explore the perception that transgender men have of cervical cancer screening and to identify the challenges they face, the obstacles and the levers to access this prevention program.
ICK-Gyn is a prospective, multicentric, non-interventional investigator-initiated trial (IIT) that aims to investigate the prognostic value of CRP kinetics in advanced or metastatic gynecological malignancies under immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) therapy on the objective response rate (ORR), progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS).
The goal of this observational study is to identify and analyze the characteristics, treatment trends, prognostic factors and survival prognosis of Korean gynecologic cancer patients. Ultimately, the final goal is to contribute to the development of safe surgical methods and treatment for gynecologic cancer to improve survival rates.
Current management of patients treated with External Beam Radiation Therapy (EBRT) for cervical cancer with a classical Image-guided Radiation Therapy (IGRT) strategy involves a complex, not entirely satisfactory, treatment workflow. Indeed, in our institution, two workflows have been designed to take into account the inter-fraction motion of cervix and uterus : an Internal Target Volume (ITV)-based approach and a plan of the day strategy requiring both several planning-CT (Computed Tomography) acquisitions with variable bladder filling.The upcoming installation of a Varian Ethos therapy system in our institution will allow us to implement a less cumbersome online adaptive radiotherapy strategy (oART), which, by conforming to the daily anatomy, will enable a reduction in the Clinical Target Volume (CTV) to Planning Target Volume (PTV) margins leading to an expected reduction in dose delivered to organs at risk (OAR) .On the other hand, MR (Magnetic Resonance)-only treatment planning is playing an increasing role in radiotherapy, notably in the treatment of prostate cancer. MR-only workflows are known (a) to provide the most reliable delineation in soft tissues and (b) to decrease spatial uncertainties by suppressing the Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)-CT co-registration. Regarding the management of cervical cancer, the importance of MRI is well established and its use becomes essential. Combining a MR-only workflow with an adaptative one on the Varian Ethos system, could lead to an improved management of patients treated for cervical cancer with an expected reduction in margins and volumes treated (thanks to MRI delineation and online adaptation) and therefore a reduction of OAR toxicity. Including regular multi-parametric MR imaging during and after the course of the treatment could also provide in the future an assessment of the treatment response. One of the important challenges in developing this specific workflow is to have a reliable synthetic CT (derived from MRI) to (a) provide electron or mass density for treatment planning calculations and (b) allow accurate online repositioning/deformation with Ethos Cone Beam Computed Tomography (CBCT). The other fundamental challenge is to provide a formal assessment of the clinical benefit of introducing MR-only simulation and planning in an oART workflow. This project aims to demonstrate the feasibility of setting up an adaptive workflow on the ETHOS platform with the sole use of MR patient image.The project is divided into two parts. The first part consists in demonstrate the feasibility of the workflow on 15 patients with cervix cancer.
The purpose of this study is to gain information about intravaginal practices, like intravaginal "twalet deba", among Haitian women living in South Florida. Intravaginal "twalet deba" may include douching, cleaning inside the vagina with different kinds of products, or using steam/vapor that enter the vagina. The investigators want to help learn the best way to increase early detection and/or prevention for cervical cancer. The investigators would like to know what plants, herbs, commercial products and medicines are used in these practices, how these products are prepared, applied, why these products are used, and how these products affect the vagina and cervix.
The purpose of this study is to preliminarily explore the metastatic rate and clinical significance of the anterior leaf of vesicouterine ligament resection for early stage cervical cancer, so as to further improve the postoperative quality of life of patients and reduce the incidence of postoperative urinary complications.
This study aims to determine the image features of cervical cells, as measured via ultraviolet microscopy, that would constitute a positive screening and a negative screening result for cervical dysplasia, a precursor to cervical cancer, as measured against liquid-based Papanicolaou testing.