Focused Issue of This Month Diagnosis and Treatment of Recurrent Cervical Cancer Sang Yoon Park, MD Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, National Cancer Center Email : parksang@ncc.re.kr J Korean Med Assoc 2007; 50(9): 796-806 Abstract Despite recent advances in the early detection method and treatment modalities (surgery and/or radiation and/or chemotherapy), cervical cancer is still an important malignant disease in women. Almost half a million new cases occur every year in the world. The management of recurrent cervical cancers depends on primary treatment, the extent of disease, and performance status. Patients who received primary surgical treatment without radiotherapy (RT) may undergo curative RT. However, most recurrences occur in patients with advancedstage disease already treated by primary RT. For patients who failed primary RT or surgery plus adjuvant RT and had central relapse without pelvic sidewall recurrence, pelvic exenteration may be necessary. For patients who had pelvic sidewall recurrences, pelvic exenteration is usually not an option with curative intent. In such situation, combined operative and radiotherapeutic treatment (CORT), and laterally extended endopelvic resection (LEER), intraoperative radiotherapy (IORT) have been executed with some success. Simple or radical hysterectomy can be considered for patients who had small uterine and/or vaginal recurrences, but the high frequency of associated morbidities such as urinary and bowel tract injury or fistula is the problem. Patients with multiple or distant metastases are destined to receive cisplatinbased palliative chemotherapy. Recently there was a GOG 179 study that had firstly shown a statistically significant improvement on the overall response rate, median progressionfree survival, and median survival. Until now, however, the role of chemotherapy has been very limited. Keywords : Recurrent cervical cancer; Pelvic exenteration; Radiotherapy; Chemotherapy 796
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Park SY A B C D Figure 2. Combined operative and radiotherapeutic treatment (CORT) was performed in case of clear but close resection margins to structures or residual disease after laterally extended endopelvic resection (LEER). A) Complete array of transabdominal guide tubes for postoperative brachytherapy fixed to the lesion by the brigde implant and additional sutures. B) Vertical rectus abdominus myocutaneous flap used as pelvic wall plasty for CORT. C) Completion of CORT procedure (open arrow; ileal conduit, closed arrow; colostomy). D) Postoperative computed tomogram. The lowermost three figures showed a CORT set including fixation bridges and guide tubes. 800
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Recurrent Cervical Cancer History & exam. Pap test+visit every 3~6months for 2yrs every 6months for 3yrs then annually Optional: Tumor markers a Lab. studies b Imaging studies c Suggest use of vaginal dilator after RT Persistent or recurrent disease Pelvic/abdominal /chest CT/PET Surgical exploration in selected cases Pelvic recurrence No prior RT or failure outside of previously treated field Prior RT Central disease Noncentral disease Definitive pelvic RT + platinumbased chemotherapy ± brachy therapy Pelvic exenteration ± RT Radical hysterectomy ± RT in carefully selected patients with small (<2cm) lesions See text Extrapelvic or paraaortic recurrence Multiple sites or unresectable Isolated site Platinum doublet based chemotherapy Best supportive care Resection ± RT RT+ Concurrent chemotherapy a Tumor markers; SCC Ag, CEA, CA125 if clinically indicated b Lab. studies; CBC with platelets, chemistry profile, chest Xray, ECG and urine analysis c Imaging studies; Abdominopelvic CT / MRI / PET if clinically indicated Chemotherapy RT: radiation therapy Figure 3. Practice guideline summary for cervical cancer. Table 1. Chemotherapy regimens for recurrent or metastatic cervical cancer Firstline therapy Possible firstline Secondline therapy combination therapy* Cisplatin Cisplatin/paclitaxel Docetaxel Carboplatin Cisplatin/topotecan Ifosfamide Paclitaxel Cisplatin/gemcitabine Vinorelbine Topotecan Carboplatin/paclitaxel Irinotecan Epirubicin Mitomycin 5FU * Preferred if cisplatin was previously used as a radiosensitizer. 803
Park SY Table 2. Surgical procedures Name of procedures Number of patients Vulvovaginectomy 1 Simple hysterectomy 1 Radical hysterectomy 2 Anterior pelvic exenteration 9 Posterior pelvic exenteration 1 Total pelvic exenteration 16 LEER 3 CORT 6 Total 39 LEER; laterally extended endopelvic resection, CORT; combined operative radiotherapeutic treatment Table 3. Bowel and Urinary Complications Complications (n) Fistula (6) Ureteroenteric (2) Enterocutaneous (2) Enterovaginal (1) Rectovaginal (1) Bowel perforation (3) Colorectum (2) Jejunum (1) Urostomy leakage (1) Stoma failure (6) Colostomy dehiscence (1) Colostomy obstruction (1) Urostomy necrosis (1) Urostomy retraction (1) Urostomy stricture (1) Urostomy obstruction (1) Cumulative Survival Cumulative Survival 1.0 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.2 0.0 1.0 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.2 0.0 Disease Free Survival (n=39) 4 year discase free survival rate = 47% 0 12 24 36 48 60 Follow-up Period (months) Overall Survival (n=39) 4 year overall free survival rate = 51 0 12 24 36 48 60 Follow-up Period (months) Figure 4. The median disease free survival was 27 months, and the disease free survival probability at 51 months was 47.1%. The median overall survival time did not reach, and the overall survival probability at 51 months was 51.1%. 11. National Cancer information. Cancer, korea http://www.cancer. go.kr/ 12. Parkin DM, Bray F, Ferlay J, Pisani P. Estimating the world cancer burden: Globocan 2000. Int J Cancer 2001; 94: 153-156. 13. Landoni F, Maneo A, Colombo A, Placa F, Milani R, Perego P, Favini G, Ferri L, Mangioni C. Randomised study of radical surgery versus radiotherapy for stage IbIIa cervical cancer. Lancet 1997; 350: 535-540. 804
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