For Cervical Cancer Patients, Less Invasive Surgery Is Worse For Survival

Cancer of the cervix is one of the most common cancers affecting women and can be fatal. Here, cervical cancer cells are dividing, as seen through a colored scanning electron micrograph.

Two new studies suggest that minimally invasive surgery for early stage cervical cancer patients leads to death and recurring disease more often than standard surgery through a large incision.

(Image credit: Steve Gschmeissner/Getty Images/Science Photo Library)



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