Significance of HIV status in cervical cancer patients receiving curative chemoradiation therapy, definitive radiation alone, or palliative radiation in Botswana
Kinza Meghani,
Priya Puri,
Lisa Bazzett‐Matabele
et al.
Abstract:BACKGROUNDCervical cancer associated with human papillomavirus has the highest cancer incidence and mortality for women in Botswana because of a high HIV prevalence and limited screening. This study investigates the significance of HIV on the overall survival (OS) of patients with locally advanced cervical cancer by various treatment categories (curative chemoradiation, definitive radiation [RT] alone, or palliative RT alone).METHODSThis study included patients diagnosed with cervical cancer between 2013 and 2… Show more
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