Primary Care

Gynecologic Oncology   

Questions discussed in this category



How do you incorporate this into your follow-up care and how do you instruct the patient?

This would apply to gynecologic and GI cancers as well. And as long as the patient's partner is within the recommend age of <45 yo

There was a recall on viscous lidocaine and many of our patients cannot find it. What would you recommend as alternatives?

How do you counsel patients and caregivers? Do you prescribe medications (''appetite stimulants'') with the goal to improve appetite even if they do n...

NCCN cervical cancer guidelines added a new statement - Patients who have received prior pelvic radiation therapy and have osteoporosis may benef...

Assuming patient is <45 years old with cervical, vulvar, vaginal, anal, or head/neck cancers, or with CIN/VIN/VaIN/AIN/oropharyngeal precancerous l...

How is your approach different from or similar to those who undergo surgical menopause? 

Do you routinely recommend any dietary changes or is the evidence not convincing?

What non-pharmacological interventions do you recommend? Do you routinely prescribe prophylactic laxatives to patients initiating opioids? How do you ...

Would your counseling change if she reported a history of unplanned pregnancy? Is there any wording or waiver you might be able to use warning her of ...

After optimizing symptoms and reversible factors, and attempting cognitive-behavioral interventions and exercise, do you recommend pharmacologic agent...

Obviously, patient and caregiver preferences are paramount. But, what factors do you consider? Does expanded hospice (e.g., Medicare Care Choices) inf...

When a physical exam is important and telehealth is not a good option, should we be proactive and reschedule or should we continue to see them as sche...

At what point would you introduce the discussion of weight management, whether for risk reduction or overall health?

If a patient has a gynecological cancer, how long should one wait after RT before a screening colonoscopy can be completed?

How should we counsel young women who are receiving treatment for GI/GYN malignancies?


Papers discussed in this category


Cancer Nurs, 2017-04-21

Int J Gynaecol Obstet,

Int J Womens Health, 2017 May 02

Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, 2013-09-01

Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 2013-08-21

Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer, 2010-02

Blood, 2008-05-15

The New England journal of medicine, 2019-02-21

J Thromb Haemost, 2019 Jul 28

N Engl J Med, 2018 Dec 04

Obstet Gynecol,

JAMA,

Cancer Prev Res (Phila), 2019 Aug 16

J Low Genit Tract Dis,

Brachytherapy, 2019 Apr 17

The New England journal of medicine, 2016-07-14

Practical radiation oncology, 2021 Sep-Oct

Palliative medicine, 2022 Mar 31

Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, 2023 Mar 28

J Clin Oncol, 2020 Feb 10

Gynecol Oncol, 2021 Jun 17

Ann Surg, 2014 Apr

Gynecol Oncol, 2020 Nov 28

Obstet Gynecol,

Vaccines (Basel), 2021 Apr 21

Vaccine, 2020 Aug 04

Blood Adv, 2017 Jun 22

Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, 2006-02-01

Obstet Gynecol, 1998 Oct

Acta Oncol, 2019 Apr 08

JAMA, 2019 Apr 16

Head Neck, 2016 Mar 29

The Lancet. Oncology, 2017-05

The lancet. Diabetes & endocrinology, 2019 Aug 22

Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 2018-01-01

JAMA oncology, 2021 May 01

Antioxidants & redox signaling, 2020 Aug 07

Journal of experimental & clinical cancer research : CR, 2020 Oct 07

BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 2000 Nov 04

Menopause (New York, N.Y.), 2017-05

Int J Gynecol Cancer, 2020 Apr

Obstetrics and gynecology, 2002 Apr

International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics, 2024 Oct 23