Protective Role of Conization Before Radical Hysterectomy in Early-Stage Cervical Cancer: A Propensity-Score Matching Study.

Nicolò BizzarriLuigi Pedone AnchoraAli KucukmetinNithya RatnaveluPorfyrios KorompelisVittoria CarboneCamilla FedeleMatteo BrunoGiuseppe VizzielliValerio GallottaRosa De VincenzoVito ChianteraAnna FagottiFrancesco FanfaniGabriella FerrandinaGiovanni Scambia

Published in: Annals of surgical oncology (2021)

Conization before radical hysterectomy was associated with improved DFS and lower probability of receiving adjuvant treatment. No difference in perioperative complications and OS was evident. Tumor diameter >20 mm was found to be the only independent risk factor affecting OS in both groups.

Keyphrases

early stage
risk factors
patients undergoing
sentinel lymph node
squamous cell carcinoma
optic nerve