Practice guidelines for management of cervical cancer in Korea: a Korean Society of Gynecologic Oncology Consensus Statement
Authors
Myong Cheol Lim ; Maria Lee ; Seung Hyuk Shim ; Eun Ji Nam ; Jung Yun Lee ; Hyun Jung Kim ; Yoo Young Lee ; Kwang Beom Lee ; Jeong Yeol Park ; Yun Hwan Kim ; Kyung Do Ki ; Yong Jung Song ; Hyun Hoon Chung ; Sunghoon Kim ; Jeong Won Lee ; Jae Weon Kim ; Duk Soo Bae ; Jong Min Lee
Citation
JOURNAL OF GYNECOLOGIC ONCOLOGY, Vol.28(3) : e22, 2017-05
Adenosarcoma / diagnosis* ; Adenosarcoma / therapy* ; Consensus* ; Female ; Humans ; Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / diagnosis ; Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / therapy* ; Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial / therapy* ; Republic of Korea ; Societies, Medical ; Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / diagnosis* ; Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / therapy*
Keywords
Chemotherapy ; Consensus ; General Surgery ; Irradiation ; Practice Guideline ; Uterine Cervical Neoplasms
Abstract
Clinical practice guidelines for gynecologic cancers have been developed by academic society from several countries. Each guideline reflected their own insurance system and unique medical environment, based on the published evidence. The Korean Society of Gynecologic Oncology (KSGO) published the first edition of practice guidelines for gynecologic cancer treatment in late 2006; the second edition was released in July 2010 as an evidence-based recommendation. The Guidelines Revision Committee was established in 2015 and decided to develop the third edition of the guidelines in an advanced format based on evidence-based medicine, embracing up-to-date clinical trials and qualified Korean data. These guidelines cover strategies for diagnosis and treatment of primary and recurrent cervical cancer. The committee members and many gynecologic oncologists derived key questions through discussions, and a number of relevant scientific literature were reviewed in advance. Recommendations for each specific question were developed by the consensus conference, and they are summarized here, along with the details. The objective of these practice guidelines is to establish standard policies on issues in clinical practice related to the management in cervical cancer based on the results in published papers to date and the consensus of experts as a KSGO Consensus Statement.