Regarding “The LACC Trial and Minimally Invasive Surgery in Cervical Cancer”

The LACC trial[1] keeps stirring emotions and discussions[2-6]. The LACC trial can be criticised[7] because the surgical proficiency and the adequacy of the laparoscopic radical hysterectomy was not evaluated adequately, because radicality was not assessed properly and since the poorly defined inclusion of type II and type III surgery. However, our impression is that the main reason for this ongoing debate is because the LACC trial was a randomised controlled trial and because many of us do not like or are not ready to accept the results.

Source: The Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology - October 20, 2019 Category: OBGYN Authors: Philippe R. Koninckx, Marco Puga, Anastasia Ussia, Errico Zupi, J örg Keckstein, Leila Adamian, Eugenio Solima, Arnaud Wattiez Tags: Letter to the Editor Source Type: research