2016
DOI: 10.1159/000448794
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Surgical Treatment of Early-Stage Cervical Cancer

Abstract: Surgical treatment of cervical cancer has been a cornerstone in the management of this malignancy for more than 100 years. Today, for early-stage and low-risk cervical cancer, surgery is still considered the gold standard. If the preoperative assessment of the tumor reveals a situation prompting postoperative adjuvant radiochemotherapy, the latter should be planned as the primary treatment option, being preceded by staging laparoscopy including pelvic and paraaortic lymph node dissection. As an alternative to … Show more

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“…CC occurs frequently in women worldwide and one woman dies because of CC every 2 minutes. Currently, there is no effective cure to this cancer, especially to high‐risk patients …”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…CC occurs frequently in women worldwide and one woman dies because of CC every 2 minutes. Currently, there is no effective cure to this cancer, especially to high‐risk patients …”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The current treatments for cervical cancer are mainly surgical resection and chemotherapy [ 2 ]. However, surgical treatment is only suitable for patients with early cervical cancer, and is ineffective for advanced cervical cancer [ 3 ]. On the other hand, drugs commonly used in chemotherapy such as cisplatin and 5-fluorouracil are expensive and have strong side-effects.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Accordingly, the analysis has included multiple treatments for cervical cancer, which include surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy. 29,30 There is a paucity of published evidence surrounding patients transitioning between the different diagnosed and undiagnosed FIGO stages of cervical cancer. Hence, inclusion of these health states may have increased inherent uncertainty within the model.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%