Surgical or imaging lymph node assessment in locally advanced cervical cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate the survival impact of imaging vs surgical nodal assessment in patients with cervical cancer stage IB2-IVA prior to definitive chemoradiotherapy (CRT).

Methods

PubMed, MEDLINE, Cochrane Library, and ClinicalTrials.gov were used to search for publications in English and Chinese over a 50-year period. The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses Protocols was used to conduct this review. Inclusion criteria were studies that compared survival outcomes in International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics 2009 stage IB2-IVA cervical cancer patients with pre-therapy pelvic and/or aortic lymphadenectomy (LND) or imaging. One or more of the following modalities were used for nodal assessment: computed tomography (CT), magnetic reso

SUBMITTER: Delara R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7593228 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature