The Role of Minimally Invasive and Minimally Radical Surgery in Cervical and Endometrial Cancer
A special issue of Cancers (ISSN 2072-6694). This special issue belongs to the section "Cancer Therapy".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 1 September 2026 | Viewed by 698
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Interests: gynaecological oncology surgery; cervical cancer; endometrial cancer; ovarian cancer
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Interests: fertility sparing surgery; minimally invasive surgery; cervical cancer
Interests: surgical oncology; gynaecological oncology surgery; cervical cancer; endometrial cancer; ovarian cancer
Interests: surgical oncology; gynaecological oncology surgery; cervical cancer; endometrial cancer; ovarian cancer
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Dear Colleagues,
Randomized controlled trials that transform surgical practice within a global context are a rare phenomenon. Yet, in the field of surgical gynaecological oncology, we have been rewarded with a number of landmark studies in recent years, resulting in a series of hotly debated sessions at major conferences and an explosion of editorials in eminent journals.
The first of these studies [1], and the least contentious, authenticated the use of a laparoscopic approach for performing a simple hysterectomy in early-stage endometrial cancer. The next of these studies [2] was diametrically different in its outcome and brought the surgical practice of a laparoscopic approach to radical hysterectomy in cervical cancer to an almost immediate halt. The final of these studies [3] challenged the central hallmark of surgical gynaecological oncologists’ identity and the orthodoxy of surgical gynaecological oncology as a discrete institution by questioning and disproving the need for radicality in early-stage cervical cancer.
The above studies have stimulated the surgical gynaecological oncology community to focus their research teams and investigate the pathophysiological mechanisms underlying these surgical outcomes. This Special Issue of cancers is in recognition of the work currently being undertaken by researchers across the globe in the fields of minimally invasive surgery as well as minimising surgical radicality in the treatment of cervical and endometrial cancer.
References:
- Janda M, Gebski V, Davies LC, et al: (2017) Effect of total laparoscopic hysterectomy vs total abdominal hysterectomy on disease‐free survival among women with stage I endometrial cancer: a randomized clinical trial. JAMA;317(12):1224‐33.
- Ramirez PT, Frumovitz M, Pareja R, et al: (2018) Minimally invasive versus abdominal radical hysterectomy for cervical cancer. N Engl J Med 379:1895-1904.
- Plante, M. ∙ Kwon, J.S. Ferguson, S, et al: (2024) Simple versus radical hysterectomy in women with low-risk cervical cancer. N Engl J Med; 390:819-29.
Dr. Raj Naik
Dr. Marie Plante
Dr. Christophe Pomel
Prof. Dr. Roberto Tozzi
Dr. Gwénaël Ferron
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- cervical cancer
- endometrial cancer
- laparoscopic surgery
- minimally invasive surgery
- surgical oncology
- fertility-sparing surgery
- non-radical surgery
- conservative surgery
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