Role of arts in women's cancer awareness.

Arts have played a major role in women's cancer education and awareness. Developed countries continuously utilize arts for public health education initiatives and other endeavors. However, the utilization of arts to educate the public about the most prevalent cancer.

Conventional radiotherapy planning of cervical cancer in resource-constrained set-up: Utilizing soldering lead wire to delineate radiotherapy portal.

Simulator for radiotherapy planning may not be available in resource-constrained set-up. Surface anatomy based planning has its own limitation in terms of adequately covering target due to variation of anatomy and tumor growth and spread pattern. Hence, improvisation of radiotherapy planning of cervical cancer, commonest malignancy among women in this set-up, utilizing locally available resource may improve treatment quality.

Obesity in patients with carcinoma cervix increases the risk of adverse events.

Obesity has become epidemic both in developed and developing countries. Socio-economic (SE) development has resulted in increased prevalence of obesity across all social groups in developing countries that is contrary to the effects of rising SE status on prevalence of obesity in the developed world. Obesity is not only associated with metabolic syndrome, cardiovascular disease, diabetes but is also a risk factor for cancer and is responsible for increased cancer mortality.

Development of protocol for the management of cervical cancer symptoms in resource-constrained developing countries.

Cervical cancer is the commonest malignancy of women in economically emerging countries. Patients have distressing symptoms from presentation through follow-up or end of life. Cervical cancer imposes significant burden on health care system due to distressing symptoms and associated loss of quality-adjusted life years (QALY).

Potential opportunities to reduce cervical cancer by addressing risk factors other than HPV.

Cervical cancer is the most common cancer in developing world and 80% of global burden is reported from these nations. Human papillomavirus along with poverty, illiteracy/lower education level and standards, multi-parity, tobacco, malnutrition and poor genital hygiene may act synergistically to cause cervical cancer. Risk factor of cervical cancer may in itself be the reason for non-viability of cervical cancer vaccine program in this part of the world.