2023
DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-2412007/v1
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Access to Palliative Care in Patients with Advanced Cancer of the Uterine Cervix in the Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review

Abstract: Background Women with advanced uterine cervical cancer suffer from a combination of moderate to severe physical, psychological, social, and spiritual distress due to their disease and are in need of palliative care to improve their quality of life. Approximately 85% of the women live in the low- and middle-income countries. Whether these women and their families access palliative care is not known. Objectives To understand the geographic accessibility, availability, financial accessibility, and acceptability… Show more

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“…Providing efficacious wound care is critical not solely to alleviate symptoms, but also to enhance the general welfare and dignity of the patient. [4][5] The prevalence of malodorous and infected wounds among patients with advanced cervical cancer is in complex manner. These injuries and lesions frequently result from tumour's infiltration into adjacent tissues, which subsequently induces infection and necrosis.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Providing efficacious wound care is critical not solely to alleviate symptoms, but also to enhance the general welfare and dignity of the patient. [4][5] The prevalence of malodorous and infected wounds among patients with advanced cervical cancer is in complex manner. These injuries and lesions frequently result from tumour's infiltration into adjacent tissues, which subsequently induces infection and necrosis.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In advanced cervical cancer, management of such lesions is the critical component of palliative care that necessitates multidisciplinary approach. Providing efficacious wound care is critical not solely to alleviate symptoms, but also to enhance the general welfare and dignity of the patient 4–5 …”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%