Treating the cancer without taking the future.

For a young woman, a gynecologic cancer diagnosis raises two fears at once: the disease, and the loss of motherhood. In properly selected early-stage disease, both can be addressed. Radical trachelectomy removes the cervix and surrounding tissue while preserving the uterus for future pregnancy in early cervical cancer. Selected early ovarian tumors can be treated preserving the healthy ovary and uterus. Selected young endometrial cancer patients may be candidates for hormonal treatment under strict surveillance before definitive surgery.

Prof. Erdemoğlu co-authored studies on fertility-preserving radical trachelectomy with the Charité Berlin school where the laparoscopic technique was refined, and has published on minimally invasive transabdominal cerclage — the stitch that supports pregnancy after trachelectomy. Candidacy for fertility-sparing treatment is a strict oncologic decision made on complete staging information, and each case is counseled honestly: preservation is offered when it is safe, not when it is merely wished for.

Suitable for:

Early cervical cancer (selected stages); early ovarian tumors and borderline tumors; selected early endometrial cancer in women under 40–45.