Surveillance of radical hysterectomy for early-stage cervical cancer in the early experienced period of minimally invasive surgery in Japan.
Tsuyoshi OhtaSatoru NagaseYosuke OkuiTakayuki EnomotoWataru YamagamiMikio MikamiHideki TokunagaKazuhiko InoKimio UshijimaMakio ShozuHironori TashiroMasaki MandaiShingo MiyamotoKen-Ichirou MorishigeYoshio YoshidaKiyoshi YoshinoToshiaki SaitoEiji KobayashiHiroaki KobayashiMunetaka TakekumaYoshito TeraiTakuma FujiiHiroyuki KanaoDaisuke AokiHidetaka KatabuchiNobuo YaegashiPublished in: International journal of clinical oncology (2021)
The survival rate of the Japanese patients underwent radical hysterectomy for early-stage cervical cancer was favorable. No significant differences were observed for DFS and OS between open and MIS performed by a limited number of surgeons at a limited number of facilities in Japan. Further investigations are required to identify the appropriate patients might benefit from MIS.