Pelvic Lymphadenectomy in Vulvar Cancer - Does it make sense?

Pelvic Lymphadenectomy in Vulvar Cancer - Does it make sense? Geburtshilfe Frauenheilkd. 2020 Dec;80(12):1221-1228 Authors: Woelber L, Bommert M, Prieske K, Fischer I, Zu Eulenburg C, Vettorazzi E, Harter P, Jueckstock J, Hilpert F, de Gregorio N, Iborra S, Sehouli J, Ignatov A, Hillemanns P, Fuerst S, Strauss HG, Baumann K, Beckmann M, Mustea A, Meier W, Wimberger P, Hanker L, Canzler U, Fehm T, Luyten A, Hellriegel M, Kosse J, Heiss C, Hantschmann P, Mallmann P, Tanner B, Pfisterer J, Mahner S, Schmalfeldt B, Jaeger A Abstract Since the publication of the updated German guideline in 2015, the recommendations for performing pelvic lymphadenectomy (LAE) in patients with vulvar cancer (VSCC) have changed considerably. The guideline recommends surgical lymph node staging in all patients with a higher risk of pelvic lymph node involvement. However, the current data do not allow the population at risk to be clearly defined, therefore, the indication for pelvic lymphadenectomy is still not clear. There are currently two published German patient populations who had pelvic LAE which can be used to investigate both the prognostic effect of histologically verified pelvic lymph node metastasis and the relation between inguinal and pelvic lymph node involvement. A total of 1618 patients with primary FIGO stage ≥ IB VSCC were included in the multicenter AGO CaRE-1 study (1998 - 2008), 70 of whom underwent pelvic LAE. During a retrospective...
Source: Geburtshilfe und Frauenheilkunde - Category: OBGYN Tags: Geburtshilfe Frauenheilkd Source Type: research