OVARIAN PRESERVATION VS. OOPHORECTOMY DURING RADICAL HYSTERECTOMY FOR EARLY-STAGE CERVICAL CANCER: A COMPARATIVE OUTCOMES STUDY

Abstract

The best treatment of the ovaries in radical hysterectomy for early-stage cervical cancer is controversial. The purpose of this study was to compare ovarian preservation with oophorectomy in patients who received radical hysterectomy for early-stage cervical cancer. Oncological outcomes, survival rates, and long-term health consequences were examined, with a particular emphasis on the role of ovarian preservation in quality of life and disease recurrence. We present our results in which a conservative approach with ovarian preservation strategy for young women with stage IA-IIA cervical cancer is not ontologically unsafe in early cervical cancer with potential for long-term advantages including reduction of cardiac disease and osteoporosis without detriment to survival. Nevertheless, potential etiologic associations of carcinoma of the ovary to cervical adenocarcinoma warrant conservative choice of patients.

Cervical cancer, Ovarian preservation oophorectomy, Radical hysterectomy, Oncologic outcomes hormonal balance, Long-term health.