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External Urethral Orifice Metastasis of Cervical Cancer Treated With Intraluminal Urethral Brachytherapy Using a Lumencath Applicator: The First Case Report

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Cervical cancer is the fourth most common malignancy in women worldwide, with more than 300,000 deaths reported in 2018. The staging of cervical cancer is obtained by combining the findings… Click to show full abstract

Cervical cancer is the fourth most common malignancy in women worldwide, with more than 300,000 deaths reported in 2018. The staging of cervical cancer is obtained by combining the findings of physical examination, endoscopic procedures (hysteroscopy, cystoscopy, and proctoscopy), and imaging modalities according to the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) guidelines. These guidelines also indicate that suspicious lesions should be confirmed by biopsy. Recently, definitive chemoradiotherapy has played a more important role in the treatment of patients with locally advanced cervical cancer. Physical examination is the most important part of cervical cancer staging for both gynecologists and radiation oncologists. We encountered a rare case of

Keywords: cervical cancer; cancer; orifice metastasis; urethral orifice; case; external urethral

Journal Title: Advances in Radiation Oncology
Year Published: 2022

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