Cervical Cancer

Study results from S. Alouini and colleagues update understanding of cervical cancer

Published in Women's Health Weekly, April 24th, 2008

In this recent study, researchers in Lyon, France conducted a study "To define a strategy for lymph node staging in cervical carcinoma complicating pregnancy. Eight patients undergoing laparoscopic pelvic (+/- para-aortic) lymphadenectomy during pregnancy (12 to 32 weeks of gestation) between 1994 and 2006 were included."

"The FIGO stage of cervical cancer was IB1 for five women, 1B2 for two women, and IIIA for one woman. The histological type was squamous in five cases and adenocarcinoma in three cases. All of the laparoscopic procedures were successful; there was no mortality, morbidity, or conversion. There were no complications for either mother or child related to...

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Source: Women's Health Weekly (2008-04-24)

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