For patients with cervical cancer who otherwise meet criteria for a simple hysterectomy based off SHAPE or GOG-0278 criteria, do you require negative margins on the excisional biopsy specimen to offer simple hysterectomy?

The choice to offer a simple hysterectomy to patients with early-stage cervical cancer is complex. SHAPE did not require negative margins on an excisional biopsy, but there were other key inclusion criteria that I think should be strictly followed if considering a simple hysterectomy. The lesion mus...