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REPORTING FROM SGO 2018
Dr. Rauh-Hain also reported results from an interrupted time series analysis using data from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results database of the National Cancer Institute. This analysis compared annual 4-year relative survival rates among women undergoing radical hysterectomy for cervical cancer and found that, after survival rates showed a gradual, steady rise during the years culminating in 2006, once MIS began being more widely used in 2007 survival rates began to drop, with a statistically significant annualized decline of 1% through 2010.
Based on the results from both studies, “at MD Anderson we discuss the results with patients,” with the consequence that the percentage of patients treated with laparotomy is now increasing, Dr. Rauh-Hain said. The results from both studies “are concerning,” he explained.
SOURCE: Ramirez PT and Rauh-Hain JA. SGO 2018, Late-Breaking Abstracts 1 and 2.
