Metastatic extent-specific prognosis of women with stage IVB cervical cancer: multiple versus single distant organ involvement.

Purpose: Despite the heterogeneity of anatomical sites that metastases may affect, within the current cancer staging schematic, stage IVB encompasses all distant metastasis. This study examined survival outcomes based on the extent of distant organ metastasis in stage IVB cervical cancer.

Methods: This retrospective cohort study utilized the National Cancer Institute's Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Result Program from 2010 to 2018.

Trends and characteristics of ovarian conservation at hysterectomy for young women with cervical cancer.

Objective: The association between early surgical menopause and increased mortality has been well demonstrated. Prior studies have also demonstrated that ovarian conservation is not associated with worse oncologic outcomes in early-stage cervical cancer. This study examined the contemporary trends and characteristics of ovarian conservation at time of hysterectomy in young women with cervical cancer.

Outpatient ocular brachytherapy: The USC Experience.

Purpose: Ocular brachytherapy is a standard-of-care surgical procedure for globe salvage in the treatment of uveal melanoma. The procedure involves the placement and subsequent removal of a radioactive plaque several days later. At many locations, patients are admitted on an inpatient basis until plaque removal due to radiation safety concerns.