For pregnant patients with cervical cancer, treatment recommendations are individualized and dependent on the stage of the disease, gestational age at the time of diagnosis, and the patient's desire as to the cosntinuation of the pregnancy. The aim of this study is to describe the outcome of neoadjuvant chemotherapy with radical surgery and pelvic lymphadenectomy in a woman with cervical cancer who wished to maintain her pregnancy. This is a report of a 26-week pregnant woman with locally advanced cervical cancer stage I(b2) (FIGO) who was successfully treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy Paclitaxel plus platinum, followed by C/S and radical surgery. Her neonate was healthy and had no abnormalities. This case was the first cervical cancer during pregnancy that was treated using this method at the tumor clinic, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Iran. Neoadjuvant chemotherapy is an effort to allow time for the fetal to reach viability by preventing the progression of the disease.
Introduction: Pure non-gestational ovarian choriocarcinoma is a rare malignant condition with aggressive behavior. The tumor arises from germ cells of ovarian. Few cases have been reported in the literature. We present a case of pure ovarian choriocarcinoma with disseminated tumor in pelvic. Case Presentation: A 16-year-old girl was referred to Ghaem hospital, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran in April 2016 with acute abdominal pain, abdomino pelvic mass and vaginal bleeding. In addition, an extremely high level of sub unit of human chorionic gonadotropin β-hCG was detected. Based on the emergency condition, she underwent laparotomy and left salpingo-oophorectomy with suboptimal resection of the tumor. Histopathology revealed a tumor compatible with pure nongestational ovarian choriocarcinoma. Adjuvant chemotherapy was performed based on 4 courses of bleomycin-etoposide-cisplatin (BEP) regimen. She is now under chemotherapy.
Conclusions:We recommend the use of minimally invasive, fertility-preserving surgeries in patients with non-gestational ovarian choriocarcinomas.
IntroductionSurgery in cervical cancer should be used with intention of cure. Radical abdominal trachelectomy is a feasible operation for selected patients with stage Iα-1β cervical cancer which fertility can be preserved.Case ReportA 30-years-old woman with squamous cell cervical cancer stage (1 A II) diagnosed at September 2011 expressed a wish for fertility-sparing treatment. Radical abdominal hysterectomy and pelvic and para-aortic lymphadenectomy were performed which showed no evidence of lymphatic metastasis. Subsequently, at last follow-up (5 months post-surgery), good oncologic outcomes were found after this procedure. This was the first case of fertility-sparing radical trachelectomy procedures performed at our institution.ConclusionsTrachelectomy represents a valuable conservative surgical approach for early stage invasive cervical cancer.
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