[Management of pregnant women with advanced cervical cancer: About five cases observed in Lille from 2002 till 2009. Evaluation of practices referring to the new French recommendations of 2008].

Purpose: An update on the management of invasive cervical cancer (from stage IB) diagnosed during pregnancy with reference to the recent French guidelines.

Patients And Methods: We retrospectively analyzed patients for whom invasive cervical cancer was diagnosed during pregnancy and managed jointly by Jeanne-de-Flandres and Roubaix maternity and by Oscar-Lambret cancer center between 2002 and 2009.

Results: Five patients were included: four stage IB1, and one stage IB2.

[Pelvic and abdominal actinomycosis presenting as a parietal mass].

Introduction: Actinomycosis is a rare disease. It has a highly varied clinical picture and may simulate genital or gastrointestinal neoplasms.

Case: This 45-year-old woman was referred for suspected ovarian cancer, with secondary lesions of the liver and pelvic wall.

Loss of efficacy of ondansetron-dexamethasone during successive courses in female patients receiving high-dose cisplatin.

This study was designed to evaluate the efficiency of the association ondansetron-dexamethasone during successive courses in 22 chemotherapy-naive female patients receiving a chemotherapy regimen including cisplatin at a dose of 100 mg/m2. The antiemetic treatment consisted of dexamethasone 20 mg i.v.