title: Practice guidelines for management of cervical cancer in Korea: a Korean Society of Gynecologic Oncology Consensus Statement.
abstract: Clinical practice guidelines for gynecologic cancers have been developed by academic society from several countries. Each guideline reflected their own insurance system and unique medical environment, based on the published evidence. The Korean Society of Gynecologic Oncology (KSGO) published the first edition of practice guidelines for gynecologic cancer treatment in late 2006; the second edition was released in July 2010 as an evidence-based recommendation. The Guidelines Revision Committee was established in 2015 and decided to develop the third edition of the guidelines in an advanced format based on evidence-based medicine, embracing up-to-date clinical trials and qualified Korean data. These guidelines cover strategies for diagnosis and treatment of primary and recurrent cervical cancer. The committee members and many gynecologic oncologists derived key questions through discussions, and a number of relevant scientific literature were reviewed in advance. Recommendations for each specific question were developed by the consensus conference, and they are summarized here, along with the details. The objective of these practice guidelines is to establish standard policies on issues in clinical practice related to the management in cervical cancer based on the results in published papers to date and the consensus of experts as a KSGO Consensus Statement.
authors.affiliation: Gynecologic Cancer Branch, Center for Uterine Cancer, and Center for Clinical Trials, Research Institute and Hospital and Cancer Control and Policy, Graduate School of Cancer Science and Policy, National Cancer Center, Goyang, Korea.
authors.forename: Myong Cheol
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8964-7158
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Lim
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Maria
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8017-3176
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Konkuk University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Seung Hyuk
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8043-2257
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Shim
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Eun Ji
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0189-3560
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Nam
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Jung Yun
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7948-1350
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Department of Preventive Medicine, College of Medicine, Korea University, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Hyun Jung
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Yoo Young
authors.initials: YY
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Gil Medical Center, Gachon University, Incheon, Korea.
authors.forename: Kwang Beom
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4634-176X
authors.initials: KB
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Jeong Yeol
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2475-7123
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Park
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ewha Womans University Mokdong Hospital, Ewha Womans University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Yun Hwan
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9498-2938
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong, Kyung Hee University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Kyung Do
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Ki
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Pusan National University School of Medicine, Pusan, Korea.
authors.forename: Yong Jung
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6103-2466
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Song
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Hyun Hoon
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5158-7492
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Chung
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Sunghoon
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1645-7473
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Jeong Won
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6945-0398
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Jae Weon
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1835-9436
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Duk Soo
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Bae
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong, Kyung Hee University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. kgo02@hanmail.net.
authors.forename: Jong Min
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0562-5443
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D018195:Adenosarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D032921:Consensus; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D009375:Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial / Q000628:therapy*; D056910:Republic of Korea; D012955:Societies, Medical; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*
keywords: Chemotherapy; Consensus; General Surgery; Irradiation; Practice Guideline; Uterine Cervical Neoplasms