Cervical cancer patterns of care in Italy: A radiation oncology survey of MITO and AIRO GYN groups.
Cervical cancer
Chemoradiation
Pattern of care
Personalized medicine
Survey
Journal
Critical reviews in oncology/hematology
ISSN: 1879-0461
Titre abrégé: Crit Rev Oncol Hematol
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 8916049
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
May 2020
May 2020
Historique:
received:
06
09
2019
revised:
13
01
2020
accepted:
02
03
2020
pubmed:
23
3
2020
medline:
10
5
2020
entrez:
23
3
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Large heterogeneity in therapeutic approaches to cervical cancer (CC) patients has been registered worldwide; a national survey exploring practice settings and equipments in CC treatment was distributed to radiation oncologists. Questionnaires were compiled in 90 of 194 Centers (compliance: 46.3 %). Most of respondents reported the presence of multidisciplinary tumor board, and modern equipments/techniques; 55.5 % of centers reported >1 brachytherapy (BT) equipment, thus implying the need to refer their patients outside for the remaining centers. Post-surgery radiotherapy was performed in 96.7 % of early CC (ECC) cases with pathological high risk factors. Exclusive chemoradiation with concomitant platinum schedules was referred to be used by 84.4 % of centers in locally advanced CC. Alternative options were reported with a range between 4.4 and 28.9 %. The present survey reports a broad spectrum of therapeutic options for CC in Italy. Availability and use of modern techniques is quite diffuse, but the distribution of BT resources and skills remains a challenge.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32200268
pii: S1040-8428(20)30063-9
doi: 10.1016/j.critrevonc.2020.102925
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
102925Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2020 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Declaration of Competing Interest The authors have declared no conflict of interest.