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. 2012:2012:936534.
doi: 10.1155/2012/936534. Epub 2012 Jul 8.

Fertility-sparing surgery for early-stage cervical cancer

Adelaide Fernanda Ribeiro Cubal  1 , Joana Isabel Ferreira Carvalho, Maria Fernanda Martins Costa, Ana Paula Tavares Branco
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Fertility-sparing surgery for early-stage cervical cancer

Adelaide Fernanda Ribeiro Cubal et al. Int J Surg Oncol. 2012.

Abstract

Nowadays cervical cancer is diagnosed in many women who still want to have children. This led to the need to provide fertility-sparing treatments. The main goal is to maintain reproductive ability without decreasing overall and recurrence-free survival. In this article, we review data on procedures for fertility preservation, namely, vaginal and abdominal trachelectomy, less invasive surgery and neoadjuvant chemotherapy. For each one, oncological and obstetrical outcomes are analyzed. Comparing to traditionally offered radical hysterectomy, the overall oncologic safety is good, with promising obstetrical outcomes.

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