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How would you treat a patient with synchronous locally advanced cervical and ovarian cancers?

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Radiation Oncology · Varian Medical Systems/Allegheny health network

At a minimum, I would favor removing the ovarian mass and peritoneal and omental bx to get an idea about ovarian cancer (stage 1 or stage III).

Based on that, you may start with chemo first (like carbo and taxol) for the ovarian cancer, and assess local response of cervical cancer then definitive ch...

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