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Do you ever offer minimally invasive surgery for treatment of early stage cervical cancer?

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Gynecologic Oncology · University of South Florida

I do not offer minimally invasive surgeries to cervical cancer patients regardless of tumor size based on the RCT data. I think there is also sufficient retrospective data to question this approach in even smaller tumor sizes and do not feel comfortable offering this to patients given the concern fo...

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Gynecologic Oncology · UT Health San Antonio

I do not offer minimally invasive hysterectomy. For patients with Stage 1A1 disease or those who have had excision with negative margins (and Stage 1A1 and possibly some 1A2), I would consider MIS after patient counseling and consideration of risks/benefits.

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