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Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology Pages 517-518

Japanese nerve preserving techniques in surgery for cancer of the uterine cervix

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Japanese nerve preserving techniques in surgery for cancer of the uterine cervix

To the Editor:

Operative techniques for primary rectal cancer in Japan combine preservation of the pelvic autonomic nerves with radical tumor resection to ensure optimal local tumor control with minimal bladder and sexual dysfunction. In the past I have been involved in a prospective study that was undertaken in The Netherlands to evaluate morbidity and functional outcome of the nerve-preserving technique, which was performed by Moriya of the National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo. The study proved this technique to be feasible and successful in Dutch patients (1).

The first-choice treatment of the International Federation of . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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