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Cervical Cancer

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Part of the book series: Medical Radiology ((Med Radiol Radiat Oncol))

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Cervical cancer is a malignancy occurring worldwide. In developing countries, cervical cancer can be epidemic and is higher in incidence and prevalence than in this country due to Pap smear screening. If the disease process is found early, many patients can be diagnosed with CIN and be treated without ever developing invasive cancer. As the disease progresses to invasive cancer, even advanced stages can be treated and cured.

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  1. Department of Radiation Oncology, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1625 Poplar St., Bronx, NY, 10461, USA

    Subhakar Mutyala MD

  2. Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, 1475 NW 12 Avenue, D-31, Miami, FL, 33136, USA

    Aaron H. Wolfson MD

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  1. Department of Radiation Oncology National University Cancer Institute of Singapore National University Health System, National University of Singapore, 5 Lower Kent Ridge Road, Singapore, 119074, Singapore

    Jiade J. Lu MD, MBA (Associate Professor and Consultant and Distinguished Clinical Professor) (Associate Professor and Consultant and Distinguished Clinical Professor)

  2. Department of Radiation Oncology, Cancer Hospital of Fudan University, 270 Dong An Road, Shanghai, 200232, P.R. China

    Jiade J. Lu MD, MBA (Associate Professor and Consultant and Distinguished Clinical Professor) (Associate Professor and Consultant and Distinguished Clinical Professor)

  3. College of Medicine, Drexel University, Broad & Vine Sts., Mail Stop 200, Philadelphia, PA, 19102-1192, USA

    Luther W. Brady MD (Hylda Cohn/American Cancer Society Professor of Clinical Oncology, and Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology Distinguished University Professor) (Hylda Cohn/American Cancer Society Professor of Clinical Oncology, and Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology Distinguished University Professor)

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Mutyala, S., Wolfson, A.H. (2008). Cervical Cancer. In: Lu, J.J., Brady, L.W. (eds) Radiation Oncology. Medical Radiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-77385-6_24

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