Follow-up after chemoradiation for cervical cancer: Why?

✍ Scribed by Lua R. Eiriksson; Allan Covens

• Book ID: 102109731
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2011
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 78 KB
• Volume: 117
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0008-543X
• DOI: 10.1002/cncr.25990

✦ Synopsis

After treatment for cervical cancer, patients are followed to detect recurrent disease, to manage treatment‐related complications, and to address patient needs. FDG‐PET has been introduced as a potential tool in prognostication and selection of patients for “low‐risk” follow‐up.