Multiple Successful Pregnancies Following Fertility-Sparing Surgery for Advanced Ovarian Cancer

Robotic-Assisted Fertility-Sparing Surgery for Early Ovarian Cancer

OBJECTIVE To show the feasibility and safety of robotic-assisted laparoscopic fertility-sparing surgery for earlystage ovarian cancer in women of reproductive age. METHODS AND DESIGN The first patient was a 29-year-old para 0 woman with well-differentiated endometrioid adenocarcinoma of the ovary and complex endometrial hyperplasia with marked atypia. The second patient was a 31-year-old para...

Fertility-sparing surgery in high-risk ovarian cancer

To the editor: Ovarian cancer is considered one of the most lethal gynecological malignancy, characterized by a high death/incidence ratio [1,2]. Median age at diagnosis was 63 years (range, 55 to 64 years) [1] However, it is estimated that about 10% of ovarian cancer cases will be diagnosed in women in reproductive age [1-3]. In fact, in the United States more than 10,000 new cases of ovarian ...

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...

Fertility sparing surgery in gynecologic cancer.

Fertility preservation is one of the major concerns of young patients diagnosed with gynecological cancer. With newer treatment regimens and better surgical techniques, survival rates after cancer treatment have improved, hence preservation of fertility has recently become an important issue in the treatment of gynecological cancers. Fertility sparing surgery may be an option for early-stage ce...

Laparoscopic Fertility Sparing Management of Cervical Cancer