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  • Title: Radical vaginal trachelectomy after laparoscopic staging and neoadjuvant chemotherapy in women with early-stage cervical cancer over 2 cm: oncologic, fertility, and neonatal outcome in a series of 20 patients.
    Author: Lanowska M, Mangler M, Speiser D, Bockholdt C, Schneider A, Köhler C, Vasiljeva J, Al-Hakeem M, Vercellino GF.
    Journal: Int J Gynecol Cancer; 2014 Mar; 24(3):586-93. PubMed ID: 24469326.
    Abstract:
    OBJECTIVES: The aim of the study was to assess oncologic and fertility outcome of treatment in patients with cervical cancer of more than 2 cm seeking parenthood. METHODS: The regimen consisted of laparoscopic lymphadenectomy as a staging procedure to confirm no lymph node metastases before neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACT) consisting of 2 or 3 cycles of paclitaxel/ifosfamide/cisplatin followed by radical vaginal trachelectomy (RVT). Oncologic and fertility outcome was evaluated prospectively. RESULTS: Twenty women were enrolled up to now. The mean age was 32 years (range, 26-41 years), and mean tumor size was 3 cm (range, 2.1-5.0 cm). Lymphadenectomy was performed before NACT without complications. During NACT, hematologic toxicity grade 3 was observed in 2 of 20 patients, and renal toxicity grade 3 in 1 of 20 patients. Radical vaginal trachelectomy was performed in 18 women until now with 2 intraoperative complications (ureter injury and injury of internal iliac vein). There were no severe postoperative or long-term complications. Complete pathologic remission was found in 9 of 18 patients. In 2 of 18 patients, chemoradiation was recommended because of insufficient pathologic response in the RVT specimen. After a mean follow-up of 23 months (range, 1-88 months), 1 relapse was observed. After RVT, 7 women tried to conceive until now. Seven pregnancies occurred in 5 women. Four children were born, 2 of whom were premature (31 weeks 2 days and 33 weeks 4 days of gestation); 1 pregnancy is ongoing. CONCLUSIONS: Laparoscopic lymphadenectomy followed by NACT and RVT in pN0 patients with cervical cancer of more than 2 cm seems to be an oncologically safe procedure with promising fertility outcomes.
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