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Hysterectomy

aka radical hysterectomy, total hysterectomy, hysterectomies, minimally invasive hysterectomy

Removing the uterus (womb), often with the cervix, tubes and ovaries. Cures most early endometrial cancers and many early cervical cancers.

Simple hysterectomy with bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy and sentinel node mapping is the standard for endometrial cancer, where minimally invasive surgery is safe (LAP2, LACE). For cervical cancer, radical hysterectomy removes parametrial tissue and upper vagina; the LACC trial (2018) showed open surgery gave better survival than laparoscopic, reversing practice, while SHAPE showed simple hysterectomy suffices for small low-risk tumours. Fertility-sparing trachelectomy is an option for young women with small cervical tumours.

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