Fertility-sparing surgery for young women with early-stage cervical cancer

Fertility-Sparing Surgery for Early-Stage Cervical Cancer

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 an...

Neoadjuvant chemotherapy followed by fertility-sparing surgery for women with stage IB1 cervical cancer

Fertility-sparing surgery was optimal to patients with tumor diameter smaller than 2 cm. For patients with larger tumors, neoadjuvant chemotherapy can debulk the tumor and offer the chance of surgery. We report 2 cases of stage IB1 cervical cancer treated by neoadjuvant chemotherapy and fertility-sparing surgery. Relevant literature was reviewed. Its safety, efficacy, and reproductive outcome n...

Laparoscopic Fertility Sparing Management of Cervical Cancer

Fertility Sparing Approach in Young Patients with Early Stage Cervical Cancer

Obstet Gynecol Int J 2017, 6(2): 00197 guidelines incorporate conservative surgical treatment options in well selected patients after extensive counseling regarding risks for recurrence, anticipated future fertility, pregnancy issues and perinatal outcomes [3,6-8]. Nevertheless, patients with aggressive (small cell neuroendocrine carcinoma) or potentially aggressive (gastric type adenocarcinoma...

Fertility sparing surgery in early stage epithelial ovarian cancer

OBJECTIVE Fertility sparing surgery (FSS) is a strategy often considered in young patients with early epithelial ovarian cancer. We investigated the role and the outcomes of FSS in eEOC patients who underwent comprehensive surgery. METHODS From January 2003 to January 2011, 24 patients underwent fertility sparing surgery. Eighteen were one-to-one matched and balanced for stage, histologic typ...