Angélica Nogueira Rodrigues, Andréia Cristina de Melo, Aknar Freire de Carvalho Calabrich, Eduardo Cronenberger, Kátia Luz Torres, Fernanda Damian, Rachel Cossetti, Carla Rameri Alexandre Silva de Azevedo, Allex Jardim da Fonseca, Yeni Nerón, João Nunes, André Lopes, Felipe Thomé, Renato Leal, Giuliano Borges, Arthur Ferreira da Silva, Matheus Füehr Rodrigues, Paulo Ricardo Santos Nunes Filho, Facundo Zaffaroni, Raquel Dal Sasso Freitas, Gustavo Werutsky, Fernando Maluf
OBJECTIVES: Cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer in women worldwide. Epidemiological and quality of life (QoL) data in patients with cervical cancer from low- and middle-income countries are scarce. We aimed to describe sociodemographic and clinicopathological characteristics and quality of life of patients with cervical cancer at diagnosis in Brazil. METHODS: EVITA is a prospective cohort study of newly diagnosed patients with cervical cancer from May 2016 to December 2017, stages I-IVB, from 16 Brazilian sites representing the five Brazilian regions...
February 2022: International Journal of Gynecological Cancer