Today, the patient who is diagnosed with early cervical cancer is offered a variety of treatments apart from standard therapy. Patients can be treated with a less radical hysterectomy (RH) regarding parametrectomy, a trachelectomy either vaginal or abdominal, and this can be performed through a minimal invasive or open procedure. All this in combination with nerve sparing and/or sentinel node technique. Minimization of surgical procedures provides many additional advantages for patients. Because the mean age of patients diagnosed with cervical precancer and invasive cancer has been decreasing, the need for minimization of surgery to reduce disruption of fertility is increasing. Therefore, in recent years, advancement in treatment of patients with cervical lesions have been directed by several objectives, including improving quality of life.
The aim of this Research Topic is to focus the attention on the quality of life of the patients treated for cervical lesion and on individualized quality care.
Specific themes we would like contributors to address include, but are not limited to:
• Minimally invasive surgery in early cervical cancer
• Fertility sparing surgery
• Tailoring parametrectomy
• Nerve sparing surgery in cervical cancer
• Management of preinvasive cervical lesion
• Management of HPV infection
• Management of complications in cervical cancer treatment
• Quality of life in cervical cancer survivors
Today, the patient who is diagnosed with early cervical cancer is offered a variety of treatments apart from standard therapy. Patients can be treated with a less radical hysterectomy (RH) regarding parametrectomy, a trachelectomy either vaginal or abdominal, and this can be performed through a minimal invasive or open procedure. All this in combination with nerve sparing and/or sentinel node technique. Minimization of surgical procedures provides many additional advantages for patients. Because the mean age of patients diagnosed with cervical precancer and invasive cancer has been decreasing, the need for minimization of surgery to reduce disruption of fertility is increasing. Therefore, in recent years, advancement in treatment of patients with cervical lesions have been directed by several objectives, including improving quality of life.
The aim of this Research Topic is to focus the attention on the quality of life of the patients treated for cervical lesion and on individualized quality care.
Specific themes we would like contributors to address include, but are not limited to:
• Minimally invasive surgery in early cervical cancer
• Fertility sparing surgery
• Tailoring parametrectomy
• Nerve sparing surgery in cervical cancer
• Management of preinvasive cervical lesion
• Management of HPV infection
• Management of complications in cervical cancer treatment
• Quality of life in cervical cancer survivors