«Nearly 10 percent of women live too far from access to
gynecologic cancer care.»
Shalowitz and colleagues suggest future studies should focus on defining areas with poor clinical outcomes attributed to geographic factors, and creating a comprehensive national, geographically - linked database on the utilization of
gynecologic cancer care and clinical outcomes.
«This is the first national study to identify specific regions of the United States where residents may be at an increased risk for poor clinical outcomes — including misdiagnoses and late detection — as a result of limited access to specialized
gynecologic cancer care,» says David Shalowitz, MD, a fellow in the division of Gynecologic Oncology at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, and lead author on the study.
Not exact matches
More than one - third of counties in the Unites States are located more than 50 miles from the nearest
gynecologic oncologist, making access to specialty
care for ovarian and other
gynecologic cancers difficult for nearly 15 million women.
«Based on our estimates, it's likely that more than 7,000 women with
gynecologic cancers per year experience distance - related barriers to accessing appropriate
care from a specialist.
As part of an ongoing clinical trial at Rutgers
Cancer Institute exploring rare and poor prognosis
cancers, investigators sought to identify genomic alterations in 69 patients with
gynecologic cancers that were not responding to standard
care.
Rodriguez - Rodriguez L, Hirshfield KM, Rojas V, DiPaola RS, Gibbon D, Hellmann M, Isani S, Leiser A, Riedlinger GM, Wagreich A, Ali SM, Elvin JA, Miller VA, Ganesan S. Use of comprehensive genomic profiling to direct point - of -
care management of patients with
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Gynecologic Cancer Program provides complete and compassionate care for women with gynecologic cancers including ovarian, uterine, cervical, vulvar, peritoneal, and fallopian tube cancers, as well as gestational trophoblast
Gynecologic Cancer Program provides complete and compassionate
care for women with
gynecologic cancers including ovarian, uterine, cervical, vulvar, peritoneal, and fallopian tube cancers, as well as gestational trophoblast
gynecologic cancers including ovarian, uterine, cervical, vulvar, peritoneal, and fallopian tube
cancers, as well as gestational trophoblastic disease.
Health
care providers say they can pick up on myriad
gynecologic conditions during a pelvic exam, including
cancers of the cervix, vagina, vulva, ovaries and endometrium, sexually transmitted diseases, genital warts and genital herpes, uterine fibroids, ovarian cysts and more.
She has defended health
care providers in cases involving alleged birth trauma injuries,
cancer misdiagnosis, surgical related incidents, obstetrics,
gynecologic matters, radiological related incidents, and various other medical specialties such as pediatrics, infectious disease, neurology, and orthopedics.
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Gynecologic Oncology (SGO) is the premier medical specialty society for health care professionals trained in the comprehensive management of gynecolog
Gynecologic Oncology (SGO) is the premier medical specialty society for health
care professionals trained in the comprehensive management of
gynecologicgynecologic cancers.
Their mission is to promote the highest quality of comprehensive clinical
care through education and research in the prevention and treatment of
gynecologic cancers.
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