Summary Report of Article: Risk of colorectal cancer among long-term Cervical Cancer Survivors
This is a study of the risk and occurrence of secondary cancers in long-term survivors of cervical cancer.
Your task is to summarize this article, using a minimum of 500 words. When summarizing this article, include the following information:
- purpose of the study;
- what two groups were being compared and the overall study timeline
- whether the diversity of the study groups is or is not representative of the general population of women
- the earliest and latest time points beyond last treatment that radiation-induced secondary cancers are noticeable; and the types of secondary cancers typically seen and how are they treated
- describe whether there is a relationship between radiation doses cervical cancer patients received and the occurrence of secondary cancers; are there other risk factors to consider?
- describe the degree of survivability between the two study groups; and
- based on this study, what are the recommendations for women at risk and/or with cervical cancer?
- What were the weaknesses of this study? Strengths, if any?
- From your understanding of this article, what is the "take-home" message?
- This written report is follow APA guidelines.
- Your work should be original (do not plagiarize or cut and paste excessive amounts of verbiage from this article, other cited material, or from the internet).