Should we modify the current FIGO staging system for early-stage cervical cancer?

Should we modify the current FIGO staging system for stage IIIC ovarian cancer?

To what extent should we perform parametrectomy in FIGO stage IB cervical cancer?

OBJECTIVE To demonstrate the histopathological basis of individually tailored less radical surgery concept in patients with International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) stage IB cervical cancer. MATERIAL AND METHODS The study was performed in the gynaecologic oncology department of Başkent School of Medicine Hospital, Ankara, Turkey between January 1(st) 2008 and January 1(st)...

History of the FIGO cancer staging system.

The main objectives of any good staging system - essential to an evidence-based approach to cancer - are: to aid the clinician in planning treatment; to provide indication of prognosis; to assist the physician in evaluating the results of treatment; to facilitate the exchange of information between treatment centers, thus disseminating knowledge; and to contribute to continuing investigations i...

less radical surgery for patient with early-stage cervical cancer

conclusions trachelectomy represents a valuable conservative surgical approach for stage invasive cervical cancer. case report a 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 lymp...

International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) staging system revised: what should be considered critically for gynecologic cancer?