How would you treat/counsel a patient with Stage IB3 SCC of the cervix who is 18 weeks pregnant and desires to maintain pregnancy?
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Gynecologic Oncology · Cooper Medical School of Rowan University
Difficult situation. The patient should be offered termination of pregnancy. If that is not the patient's choice, or if it is not a possibility, then I would suggest surgical lymphadenectomy as a first step.
If nodes are negative, one can consider neoadjuvant chemotherapy with platinum based chemot...