After the publication of the Laparoscopic Approach to Cervical Cancer (LACC) trial, open surgery has become the standard approach for radical hysterectomy in early stage cervical cancer. Recent studies assessed the role of a non-radical approach in low risk cervical cancer and showed no survival difference compared with radical hysterectomy. However, there is a gap in knowledge regarding the oncologic outcomes of minimally invasive simple hysterectomy in low risk cervical cancer. This review offers an overview of the current evidence on the role of the minimally invasive approach in low risk cervical cancer and raises the need for a new clinical trial in this setting.

Clinica Universidad de Navarra Departamento de Ginecologia y Obstetricia Pamplona Spain

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Quebec Quebec Quebec Canada

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Houston Methodist Hospital Houston Texas USA

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology University of Prague Prague Czech Republic

Department of Surgery Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center New York New York USA

Department of Women's and Children's Health Karolinska Institutet Stockholm Sweden

Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore Rome Italy

UOC Ginecologia Oncologica Dipartimento di Scienze della Salute della Donna del Bambino e di Sanità Pubblica Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS Rome Italy

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