More than 60% of patients with cervical cancer and 30% of those with endometrial cancer are diagnosed at an advanced stage, when survival rates are lowest. Although intensifying screening may seem logical, unnecessary procedures can be harmful.
Routine procedures such as ultrasound, though often considered harmless, can lead to poorly indicated hysteroscopies and unnecessary biopsies, causing physical and psychological discomfort, warned Louise De Brot, MD, PhD, in the Department of Pathology, São Paulo, Brazil.
Therefore, prevention does not require as many clinical tests.
“The real challenge is applying screening to the population that will actually benefit from it,” explained Eduardo Batista Cândido, MD, PhD, president of the National Specialized Commission on Gynecologic Oncology of the Brazilian Federation of…