Vulval squamous cell carcinoma is relatively rare; however, up to 20% of women have significant vulval symptoms during their lifetime. Formal screening programmes for vulval disease have not been established….
In this chapter, we summarise findings from recent cost-effectiveness analyses of screening for cervical cancer and ovarian cancer. We begin with a brief summary of key issues that affect the…
This edition of Best Practice & Research, Clinical Obstetrics and Gynaecology focuses on Screening for Gynaecological Cancers and the evidence that it either prevents disease or enables early detection and…
As a result of the trend toward late childbearing, fertility preservation has become a major issue in young women with gynaecological cancer. Fertility-sparing treatments have been successfully attempted in selected…
1. a) F b) F c) F d) F e) T Cost-effectiveness analyses have shown that screening annually is associated with high incremental cost-effectiveness ratios across a variety of settings…
1. In the management of a woman of reproductive age with a diagnosis of epithelial ovarian cancer, balancing concerns of improving cancer outcomes and preserving the patient’s reproductive potential, prime…
Options for preserving fertility in women include well-established methods such as fertility-sparing surgery, shielding to reduce radiation damage to reproductive organs, and emergency in-vitro fertilisation after controlled ovarian stimulation, with…
The overall increase in cancer prevalence and the significant increase in long-term survival have generated worldwide interest in preserving fertility in young women exposed to gonadotoxic chemo- and radiotherapy. Infertility…
Cancer in pregnancy, fortunately, is uncommon. This is even more so for gynaecological cancer. Fertility preservation in gynaecological cancer is already a difficult issue, as the common gynaecological cancers affect…
Most women with gestational trophoblastic disease are of reproductive age. Because the disease is readily treatable with favourable prognosis, fertility becomes an important issue. Hydatidiform mole is a relatively benign…
