Cancer of Cervix

Overexpression of inhibitors of apoptosis proteins (IAPs) in patients treated for locally advanced cervical cancer with exclusive radio-chemotherapy may have a prognostic role on the local recurrence rate at 24 months.

Aim: The main goal of this observational study is to determine the prevalence of Human Papilloma Virus(HPV) infection, and Hepatitis B (Hep B) immunity amongst women of childbearing age 13 to 45 years) attending clinics at Mtshabezi Mission and Matobo clinic respectively; and assess behavioral risk factors of high school students at these catchment areas that can put them at risk for developing cancer of the cervix and liver. Question: Can screening for cancer, and vaccination against Hep B and HPV, and cognitive behavior intervention help in preventing related cancers amongst these groups of participants.

International registry for cancer patients evaluating the feasibility and clinical utility of an Artificial Intelligence-based precision oncology clinical trial matching tool, powered by a virtual tumor boards (VTB) program, and its clinical impact on pts with advanced cancer to facilitate clinical trial enrollment (CTE), as well as the financial impact, and potential outcomes of the intervention.

This is a phase II trial of combination therapy of cadonilimab(Bispecific Anti-PD-1/CTLA-4 Antibody) plus nab-Paclitaxel in patients with recurrent or metastatic cervical cancer that had failed PD-1/PD-L1 blockade therapy. As a bispecific antibody against PD-1 and CTLA-4, cardonirimab can not only induce the production of a large number of T cells in the early stage of immune response by antagonizing CTLA-4, but also block PD-1 and PD-L1/L2 combination. Thereby restoring the killing function of T cells to tumor cells and reducing the exhaustion of T cells.The hypothesis is the combination of cadonilimab and nab-Paclitaxel will overcome PD-1/PD-L1 blockade-resistance to enhance the response of patients with persistant, recurrent or metastatic cervical cancer.

Radical hysterectomy and pelvic lymph node dissection (+/- aortic lymph node dissection) is the standard treatment for early stage cervical cancer. And minimally invasive surgery has been successfully and safely demonstrated in the treatment of early stage cervical cancer. This study aims to compare total laparoscopic radical hysterectomy and total abdominal radical hysterectomy in terms of disease-free survival and overall survival. Rates and characteristics of recurrence, incidence of complications and morbidity, impact on quality of life and cost-effectiveness will also be determined.