Less radical surgery for early-stage cervical cancer: To what extent do we justify it?—Our belief

Cancer of the uterine cervix, following breast cancer, is the second leading cause of death among gynecological cancers in the developed world. Traditionally, surgical management of early-stage cervical carcinoma is considered as a “sterilizing” procedure, since the uterus is removed. Nowadays, beca...

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Main Authors: Nikolaos Thomakos, Sofia-Paraskevi Trachana, Miona Davidovic-Grigoraki, Alexandros Rodolakis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-08-01
Series:Taiwanese Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1028455916300626