Creighton L. Edwards, MD

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Articles

Saraswati P. Reddy, MD;Andrzej P. Kudelka, MD;Cesar Gonzalez De Leon, MD;Creighton L. Edwards, MD;John J. Kavanagh, MD

April 14th 2007

Carcinoma of the endometrium is the most common female pelvic malignancy and the fourth most common cancer in females, after breast, bowel, and lung carcinomas. In 1995, an estimated 32,800 new cases of endometrial carcinoma and 5,900 related deaths will occur in the United States [1]. The relatively low mortality for this cancer is probably due to the fact that in 80% of cases, the disease is diagnosed when it is confined to the uterus.

Carcinoma of the Uterine Cervix

Arsenio Lopez, MD;Andrzej P. Kudelka, MD;Creighton L. Edwards, MD;John J. Kavanagh, MD

April 1st 2005

Over the past four decades, the incidence and mortality rates for uterine cervical carcinoma have decreased in the United States by as much as 70% to 75% [1]. This improvement is among the largest seen for any cancer site and has been attributed to the use of cervical cytologic screening [2].