Cervical cancer is the commonest cause of cancer death among women and has become a major public health problem for women in India. India alone accounts for one-quarter of the global burden of cervical cancers. Every year in India, 122 844 women are diagnosed with cervical cancer and 67477 die from the disease. This article outlines ESMO Clinical Practice Guidelines for diagnosis, treatment and follow-up for cervical cancer.
The European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) published clinical practice guidelines for cervical cancer in 2017, which discuss incidence and epidemiology, diagnosis, staging and risk assessment, management of local/locoregional disease and advanced/metastatic disease, personalized medicine and follow-up for cervical cancer. The recommendations are summarized here briefly. Incidence And Epidemiology Primary prevention of cervical cancer is possible via…
