Journal of Global Oncology (Jun 2018)

National Cancer Grid of India Consensus Guidelines on the Management of Cervical Cancer

  • Supriya J. Chopra,
  • Ashwathy Mathew,
  • Amita Maheshwari,
  • Neerja Bhatla,
  • Shalini Singh,
  • Bhawana Rai,
  • Shylasree T. Surappa,
  • Jaya Ghosh,
  • Dayanand Sharma,
  • Jaydip Bhaumik,
  • Manash Biswas,
  • Kedar Deodhar,
  • Palak Popat,
  • Sushil Giri,
  • Umesh Mahantshetty,
  • Hemant Tongaonkar,
  • Ramesh Billimaga,
  • Reena Engineer,
  • Surbhi Grover,
  • Abraham Pedicayil,
  • Jyoti Bajpai,
  • Bharat Rekhi,
  • Aruna Alihari,
  • Govind Babu,
  • Rajkumar Thangrajan,
  • Santosh Menon,
  • Sneha Shah,
  • Sidhanna Palled,
  • Yogesh Kulkarni,
  • Seema Gulia,
  • Lavanya Naidu,
  • Meenakshi Thakur,
  • Venkatesh Rangrajan,
  • Rajendra Kerkar,
  • Sudeep Gupta,
  • Shyam K. Shrivastava

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1200/JGO.17.00152
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 4
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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Standard guidelines for the management of early and locally advanced cervical cancer are available from various academic consortiums nationally and internationally. However, implementing standard-of-care treatment poses unique challenges within low- and middle-income countries, such as India, where diverse clinical care practices may exist. The National Cancer Grid, a consortium of 108 institutions in India, aims to homogenize care for patients with cervical cancer by achieving consensus on not only imaging and management, but also in addressing potential solutions to prevalent challenges that affect the homogenous implementation of standard-of-care treatment. These guidelines therefore represent a consensus statement of the National Cancer Grid gynecologic cancer expert group and will assist in homogenization of the therapeutic management of patients with cervical cancer in India.