title: Laparoscopy in uterine cervical cancer. Current state and literature review.
abstract: Cervical cancer remains the most frequent gynecological tumor in Brazil and other developing countries. Minimally invasive techniques, especially laparoscopy, have been increasingly employed in such tumors. This article aims to describe the main applications of laparoscopy in the treatment and staging of cervical cancer. In the early stages, it is possible to provide a fertility-preserving surgery in the form of radical trachelectomy and, in a study protocol, the function-preserving surgery, avoiding parametrectomy and the associated morbidity. A fully laparoscopic radical hysterectomy is fairly standard in the literature and has the tendency to become the standard of care in early cases, for patients who want to bear no more children. In advanced stages, minimally invasive surgery can offer ovarian transposition, with intent to prevent actinic castration, without upsetting the time for the start of radiotherapy and chemotherapy. Staging laparoscopic surgery, including pelvic and para-aortic lymphadenectomy, has been the subject of studies, since it has the potential to modify the extension of radiotherapy depending on the extent of lymph node spread.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Ginecologia Oncológica, Hospital de Câncer de Barretos, Barretos, SP, Brasil.
authors.forename: Audrey Tieko
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Tsunoda
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Ginecologia Oncológica, Hospital de Câncer de Barretos, Barretos, SP, Brasil.
authors.forename: Carlos Eduardo Mattos da Cunha
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Andrade
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Ginecologia Oncológica, Hospital de Câncer de Barretos, Barretos, SP, Brasil.
authors.forename: Marcelo Andrade
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Vieira
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Ginecologia Oncológica, Hospital de Câncer de Barretos, Barretos, SP, Brasil.
authors.forename: Ricardo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: dos Reis
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008197:Lymph Node Excision; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*