ISCCP-ASCO-ABSTRACT SERIES-#1

Outcomes and costs of open, robotic, and laparoscopic radical hysterectomy for stage IB1 cervical cancer. MIS is associated with decreased morbidity and costs. However, among women with ≥ 2 cm stage IB1 cervical cancer, MIS was associated with significantly decreased survival.

Uterine cancers are not “occult” if gynecologists don’t bother to look

:: Noorchashm:: what is not looked for cannot be found??? Is every symptomatic woman over age 55, considered a candidate for complete or partial uterine resection (a.k.a. Hyster-ectomy), should undergo a hysteroscopic endometrial biopsy to directly identify and biopsy any abnormal endometrial tissue present. If an abnormality is found, the woman should undergo an oncological resection—preferably…