Brazilian Society of Surgical Oncology consensus on fertility-sparing surgery for cervical cancer.

Objective: Several controversies remain on conservative management of cervical cancer. Our aim was to develop a consensus recommendation on important and novel topics of fertility-sparing treatment of cervical cancer.

Methods: The consensus was sponsored by the Brazilian Society of Surgical Oncology (BSSO) from March 2020 to September 2020 and included a multidisciplinary team of 55 specialists.

Open Versus Minimally Invasive Radical Hysterectomy in Cervical Cancer: The CIRCOL Group Study.

Purpose: To analyze the survival outcomes of patients in a Brazilian cohort who underwent minimally invasive surgery (MIS) compared with open surgery for early stage cervical cancer.

Methods: A multicenter database was constructed, registering 1280 cervical cancer patients who had undergone radical hysterectomy from 2000 to 2019. For the final analysis, we included cases with a tumor ≤ 4 cm (stages Ia2 to Ib2, FIGO 2018) that underwent surgery from January 2007 to December 2017.

Guidelines of the Brazilian Society of Oncologic Surgery for pelvic exenteration in the treatment of cervical cancer.

Background And Objectives: The primary treatment for locally advanced cases of cervical cancer is chemoradiation followed by high-dose brachytherapy. When this treatment fails, pelvic exenteration (PE) is an option in some cases. This study aimed to develop recommendations for the best management of patients with cervical cancer undergoing salvage PE.

High Frequency of Malignant Transformation of Ovarian Mature Teratoma into Squamous Cell Carcinoma in Young Patients in Northeast Brazil.

The malignant behavior of an ovarian teratoma is related to immaturity, or rarely to the malignant transformation of a somatic component in a mature teratoma (MT). The aim of this work was to review 189 consecutive ovarian teratomas diagnosed between 2006 and 2010 at a public referral center for cancer in Brazil, focusing on cases of MT with malignant transformation. MTs with transformation to squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) were further analyzed by immunohistochemistry for p16 staining.

Study of biomolecular and clinical prognostic factors in patients with cancer of the vulva undergoing surgical treatment.

Introduction: Cancers of the vulva account for 3% to 5% of all cancers of the female genital. This study was conducted to evaluate clinical, pathological, and molecular prognostic factors in patients with cancer of the vulva.

Methods: Patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the vulva who had undergone surgical treatment at the Department of Pelvic Surgery and Gynecology Service, Aristides Maltez Hospital, between June 1993 and June 2011 were selected.

Laparoscopic surgical staging of locally advanced cervix cancer (IB2 to IVA): initial experience.

Introduction And Objectives: Cervical cancer incidence worldwide is about 500,000 new cases per year with most of them being detected at a locally advanced stage. Many studies have shown the need to look for extra-pelvic disease when planning appropriate therapy. We performed surgical staging by laparoscopy in 43 cases of cervical cancer at stages IB2 to IVa and evaluated our initial results.