Abstract:5107 Background: To compare HIV+ and HIV- women with operable cervical cancer in a low resource contemporary setting. Methods: A retrospective study using well-matched controls from a Kenyan teaching and referral hospital. Results: 183 women were treated for cervical cancer between October 2007 and June 2011. The histologic subtype was squamous cell in all but one case. At presentation, 28 had operable lesions (Stage IA1–IIB1); 7 more received neoadjuvant chemotherapy prior to surgery. HIV seroprevalence was … Show more
“…Early stage cervical cancer can be successfully treated by radical hysterectomy . There is a paucity of research on the complications of cervical cancer treatments in HIV‐infected women . The present study highlights the complications of radical hysterectomy in HIV‐infected and HIV‐uninfected women in western Kenya.…”
Radical hysterectomy is well tolerated with no increase in complications in HIV‐infected women and is an appropriate form of treatment for early‐stage cervical cancer in HIV‐infected women.
“…Early stage cervical cancer can be successfully treated by radical hysterectomy . There is a paucity of research on the complications of cervical cancer treatments in HIV‐infected women . The present study highlights the complications of radical hysterectomy in HIV‐infected and HIV‐uninfected women in western Kenya.…”
Radical hysterectomy is well tolerated with no increase in complications in HIV‐infected women and is an appropriate form of treatment for early‐stage cervical cancer in HIV‐infected women.
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