Role of Gynecological Oncologist to provide Quality Care and improve outcome of females with Gynecological Cancers. Sangeeta Pankaj
Journal Title: Journal of Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences - Year 2018, Vol 4, Issue 2
Abstract
The development of gynecologic oncology as a specialty has contributed to the progress of the treatment and management of women with genital cancers. The trend of conservative surgery has led to an improved quality of life in women with gynecologic cancer. Multidisciplinary care is the need of patients with gynecologic cancer. Awareness and educating patients and health care providers is the challenge today in gynecologic oncology. The subspecialty of gynecological oncology has made many advances over the last few decades; there have been several changes to the management of gynecological cancers, which have led to improved outcome and well-being of patients. It is estimated that over a million of new cases and half million deaths are due to gynecological cancers annually worldwide 1. The International Agency for Research on Cancer GLOBOCAN project1 has predicted that India’s cancer burden will nearly double in the next 20 years, from slightly over a million new cases in 2012 to more than 1•7 million by 2035. These projections indicate that the absolute number of cancer deaths will also rise from about 680 000 to 1•2 million in the same period. Gynecological cancer is a challenging, complex, and multidisciplinary disease. A proper collaboration with dedicated pathologists, medical oncologists, radiotherapists, biologists, palliative care specialists can help to avoid unnecessary mismanagements, and therefore, reinforce the holistic conception of patients with gynecological cancer. Moreover, the recent molecular biology, genetic, and immunology discoveries are opening new optimistic frontiers for the future treatment and cure of this disease. A recent meta-analysis demonstrated that women with gynecological malignancies who receive care from a multidisciplinary team by specialized physicians live for a significantly longer period of time 2. According to the definition of the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecologist, gynecologic oncologist is “a specialists in obstetrics and gynecology who is prepared to provide consultation on comprehensive management of patients with gynecologic cancer and who works in an institutional setting wherein all the effective forms of cancer therapy are available” 3.
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