Leading research progress and prospect of gynecological oncology in 2020

Abstract

There have been many leading research achievements in the past year in the field of gynecologic oncology. Breakthroughs in surgical treatment, adjuvant therapy and targeted therapy have been made in the common gynecological malignancies, including cervical cancer, uterine cancer and ovarian cancer. Targeted therapy has greatly improved the prognosis of patients with ovarian cancer. For a specific kind of ovarian cancer patients, targeted therapy has resulted in significant survival improvement. In terms of surgical treatment, more research has been conducted on the safety of radical laparoscopic surgery for cervical cancer compared with laparotomy surgery. Surgical modality for endometrial cancer is constantly updated and explored as well.

Keywords

• ovarian cancer|cervical cancer|uterine cancer|chemotherapy|targeted therapy