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Management of early-stage cervical cancer: a literature review
Guimarães, Yasmin Medeiros; Godoy, Luani Rezende; Longatto, Adhemar; Reis, Ricardo dosCervical cancer (CC) remains a public health issue worldwide despite preventive measures. Surgical treatment in the early-stage CC has evolved during the last decades. Our aim was to review the advances in the literature and summarize the ongoing studies on this topic. To this end, we conducted a literature review through PubMed focusing on English-language articles on the surgical management of early-stage CC....
Management of early-stage vulvar cancer
Pedrão, Priscila Grecca; Guimarães, Yasmin Medeiros; Godoy, Luani Rezende; Possati-Resende, Júlio César; Bovo, Adriane CristinaVulvar cancer is a rare gynecological malignancy since it represents 4% of all cancers of the female genital tract. The most common histological type is squamous cell carcinoma (90%). This type can be classified into two clinicopathological subtypes according to the etiology. The first subtype is associated with persistent human papillomavirus infection and is usually diagnosed in younger women. The second subt...
Implementation of HPV tests in Latin America: what we learned; what should we h...
Godoy, Luani Rezende; Possati-Resende, Júlio César; Guimarães, Yasmin Medeiros; Pedrão, Priscila Grecca; Reis, Ricardo dos; Longatto, AdhemarCervical cancer is caused by HPV. Although it is the fourth most common type of cancer diagnosed and the fourth cause of cancer death, cervical cancer is nearly completely preventable because of the vaccination and screening available. The present review aims to map the initiatives conducted to implement or evaluate the implementation of HPV testing in Latin American countries. We performed the review by search...