‘Emergency chemotherapy’ for bleeding cervical cancer: case series

• Main Authors: Shafiee, MN, NorAzlin, MI, Lim, PS, Trika, I, Arifuddin, D, Hatta, D
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Department of Surgery, UKM Medical Centre 2012
• Online Access: http://journalarticle.ukm.my/5942/1/09-MS1066_%2835-37%29_1.pdf; http://journalarticle.ukm.my/5942/; http://jsurgacad.com/
• Institution: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

Fulminant haemorrhage in cervical cancer leads to severe anaemia and haemodynamic instability. Palliative management includes vaginal packing as temporary measure, radiotherapy and other invasive surgical procedures. High dose emergency chemotherapy is not commonly implemented particularly when comp...