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Archives of General Internal Medicine

ISSN: 2591-7951

Volume 2

BREAST CANCER, GYNECOLOGY AND WOMEN HEALTH

ORTHOPEDICS AND RHEUMATOLOGY

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Paola M Millare et al., Arch Gen Intern Med 2018, Volume 2 | DOI: 10.4066/2591-7951-C3-009

“A MOTHER’S SILENT ADVERSARY”: A CASE

OF PREGNANT WOMAN WITH CERVICAL

CANCER

Paola M Millare

and

Nelinda Catherine P Pangilinan

Rizal Medical Center, Philippines

ervical cancer is themost commonly diagnosed gynecological malignancy

during pregnancy. Owing to the rarity of the disease, and the complexity

of all factors that have to be taken into consideration, standardization of

treatment is very difficult. In the Philippines, cervical cancer is the second

most common malignancy among women. For this reason much attention

has been put to early detection and treatment of the disease. The treatment

of cancer during pregnancy is most challenging in the case of cervical cancer,

since the pregnant uterus itself is affected. Approximately 500,000 new

cases of invasive cervical cancer have been diagnosed worldwide each year

with more than 250,000 women dying of the disease. Cervical cancer is the

second most common cancer in women after breast cancer. For this reason,

much attention has been put to early detection and treatment of the disease.

The importance of Pap smear and visual inspection with acetic acid as

screening tools cannot be overemphasized. However, cervical cancer remains

a leading cause of cancer deaths among women with a low socioeconomic

level. Almost half a million cases are diagnosed each year, 80% of whom are

from developing countries like the Philippines. The overall survival rate is 44%

or 10 in 100,000 women die of the disease in five years.

Paola M Millare is a registered Nurse and Doctor.

She has done her graduation at Far Eastern Universi-

ty–School of Medicine (2014). She is currently under

training as a third year OB resident in Rizal Medical

Center, Philippines.

BIOGRAPHY