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Current state and new aspects of fertility preservation surgery in some oncogynaecological diseases

Yavor Kornovski
1
,
Yonka Ivanova
1
,
Stoyan Kostov
1
,
Stanislav Slavchev
1
,
Angel Danchev Yordanov
2

  1. Medical University – Varna; Obstetrics and Gynaecology Clinic, St. Anna University Hospital, Varna, Bulgaria
  2. Department of Gynaecological Oncology, Medical University Pleven, Pleven, Bulgaria
Medical Studies/Studia Medyczne 2021; 37 (1): 77–82
Online publish date: 2021/03/31
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The possibility of sparing the childbearing functions in young nulliparous women, or women, who have reproduction plans, with different locations of malignant tumours of the female reproductive system (FRS), has been the subject of many scientific studies for some decades. In the current survey, we consider the present-day state of literature and modern achievements of science regarding this surgery in some oncogynaecological diseases, namely the following:
I. Preservation of childbearing functions in young women with cervical cancer (CC) of IB1 and IB2 stage (FIGO classification of 2018; size of tumour of up to 4 cm).
II. Novelties in the fertility preservation surgery in hormone-producing tumours (sex cord tumours (SCT)), and more specifically granulosa cell tumours (GCT) of juvenile type fertility preservation surgery (FPS) in epithelial borderline ovarian tumours (BOTs). III. Possibilities for preservation of childbearing functions in young women with CC of IB1 and IB2 stage (FIGO classification of 2018; size of tumour of up to 4 cm).
It was found that up to 40% of the early invasive CC is encountered in women at age under 40 years, who desire preservation of their childbearing potential [1]. Additionally, more women postpone their reproductive plans, in view of social and economic factors and pursuing their careers. That is why the interest in organ preservation surgery and preservation of fertility potential in women with early invasive CC has increased in the last decades. The requirements for FPS in CC include the following: histological variant – squamous cell carcinoma or adenocarcinoma; size of the tumour lesion less than 4 cm; absence of lymph node metastases; and lymphovascular invasion [2, 3].
There is no difference in the frequency of relapses between adenocarcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma, but such a difference exists for the more aggressive histological variants as neuroendocrine and clear cell carcinomas, and that is why they are assumed as contraindications for FPS [2–4]. The organ preservation surgery in CC includes several surgical approaches, based on the radical trachelectomy, which can be performed in several ways: vaginal radical trachelectomy (VRT), abdominal radical trachelectomy (ART), laparoscopic radical trachelectomy (LRT), robot-assisted radical trachelectomy (RART), minimally invasive procedures – simple trachelectomy, wide conisation. The ART ensures the greatest radicality regarding the paracervix, while the vaginal techniques have limited radicality and are more conservative to that tissue [4]. In the last few years more conservative techniques – such as simple trachelectomy and wide conization – have been imposed. Regardless of the choice of operative technique, the selection of patients begins with performing laparoscopic lymph node dissection with the use of indocyanine green as a marking agent according to European Society of Gynaecological Oncology (ESGO) guidelines [4].
The size of the tumour lesion is the main factor for the choice of operative technique for FPS [4]. Vaginal radical trachelectomy is recommended for tumour lesions up to 2 cm, or vaginal simple trachelectomy (VST) in selected cases with low risk. ESGO guidelines recommend ART in tumour lesions from 2 to 4 cm (IB2, 2018). The technique of ART was described for the first time in 1997 by Smith et al., while the first series of 33 operated women with CC was published in 2005 [5, 6]. The advantages of ART in comparison with VRT, which are emphasized, are as follows:
– it does not require any skills in vaginal surgery or laparoscopic lymph node dissection,
– no expensive equipment is required,
– the learning curve is brief,
– the technique is similar to that of radical hysterectomy (RH), and it has gained wide popularity,
– it ensures greater radicality with respect to the paracervix and provides the possibility for application of nerve-preserving techniques.
In the beginning the ligation of uterine arteries were included in the description of the procedure [6, 7]. A survey from different authors is presented in Table 1, which synthesizes the oncological results – on one side – and the reproductive results (frequency of pregnancies occurred) – on the other. Data from different authors show that ART ensures excellent oncological safety, but the reproductive results show an average frequency of pregnancy occurring of 39% [6–13]. There are many studies in the medical literature that demonstrate unsatisfactory reproductive results (not only the frequency of pregnancies, but also the frequency of incomplete carrying of foetus – abortions and premature parturitions) for ART, compared to VRT and VST [14, 15]. The survey data of Schneider et al. correlate different techniques with each other with respect to the frequency of pregnancies, and they found 15%, 30%, and 72.5% occurrence of pregnancies after, respectively, ART, VRT, and VST [14]. Therefore, the more sparing the surgical intervention is to the paracervical tissue, the better the reproductive results. Thus, arises the main question: Could some of these fertility preservation techniques be applied in order to achieve optimal reproductive results (occurrence of pregnancy, carrying and parturition of viable foetus) without compromise of the oncological results? The use of techniques as VRT, VST, and conization after neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NCT) in cervical tumour lesions with sizes from 2 to 4 cm can be an alternative to ART with respect to oncological safety. The purpose of NCT is reduction of the size of tumour (tumour downstaging), and even its removal in order to ensure radicality of the subsequent intervention. This is a working hypothesis, which is a subject of future studies, and it has been launched with increasing conviction during the last few years [15]. Plante, a leading researcher in this field, set – even in 2013 – the future directions and tendencies of fertility preservation options in tumour lesions of the uterine cervix with sizes of up to 4 cm. The aspiration is directed towards reducing the radicality and ensuring the oncological safety by means of NCT [16]. Bentivegna performed a survey of medical literature about 6 techniques for FPS in 2016, while correlating oncological and reproductive results [17]. The same author – in the same year – published in the journal “Fertility and Sterility” a survey of 2700 patients, who were subject to FPS by means of different techniques, and analysed the frequency of incomplete carrying of the foetus. The lowest percentage of incomplete carrying of the foetus (15%) was seen in the group of NCT and conization (simple trachelectomy). The author concluded that when the oncological results for tumours with size up to 4 cm (IB1 – FIGO 2008) were similar, the reproductive results had to be taken into consideration [18]. A meta-analysis from 2019 by Van Kol et al., including 338 patients, juxtaposes ART to NCT, followed by VRT. In 70% of those who desired conception, after NCT and VRT, pregnancy occurred, and 63% of them gave birth to living, full-term foetuses. For comparison, only 21% conceived after ART, and in just 42% of them pregnancy ended with parturition of a living, full-term foetus. The oncological results in both groups did not show any statistically significant difference [19].
All those surveys, studies, and analyses approve NCT as a method preserving fertility in CC. The question of what type of conservative intervention should be performed after NCT is important: VST, VRT, or conization. The collective of Prof. Ignace Vergote from the Oncogynaecological Centre in Leuven, Belgium recommends performing first of all conization, and – in the rare cases of incomplete histological response – trachelectomy or radical hysterectomy [20]. In confirmation of this recommendation, up-to-date results from a prospective study of the clinic in Leuven were presented at the European Congress on Oncogynaecology in Athens in the end of 2019, as well as a publication in the journal “Gynaecological Oncology” from 2015. Fourteen patients with CC with sizes of up to 4 cm – in which neoadjuvant chemotherapy was administered with subsequent conization – were included in the study. Sentinel lymph node dissection before NCT was performed in all of them. Only patients negative for lymph node metastases were included in the study. The results updated to the year 2017 demonstrate the following: 13 out of 14 patients responded to neoadjuvant chemotherapy; 11 out of 14 patients had complete histological response after NCT; 14 pregnancies occurred with the delivery of 10 liveborn children (all of them after the 32nd gestational week), and 4 spontaneous abortions in the first trimester; after a follow-up of 5.8 years, 1 relapse occurred, which was treated successfully by means of hysterectomy and radiotherapy; not a single patient developed cervical stenosis after the conization (oral contraceptives were prescribed with the purpose of monthly menstruation) [20].
Novelties in fertility preservation surgery in hormone-producing tumours (sex cord tumours (SCT)), and more specifically granulosa cell tumours of juvenile type.
1. FPS in malignant ovarian tumours is defined as follows: surgery preserving the uterus or ovaries. It includes bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy (BSO) with preservation of uterus and unilateral salpingo-oophorectomy (USO).
2. Indications for FPS in ovarian neoplasms include the following: FPS can be applied safely in patients with IA and IC stages of low-grade ovarian cancer (LGSOC). A mandatory condition in these cases is the complete determination of the stage – peritoneal and retroperitoneal (pelvic and paraaortic lymph node dissection up to renal blood vessels). FPS has no place in invasive ovarian cancer of more than first stage of FIGO (with completely determined stage), as well as in every single stage of high-grade serous ovarian cancer (HGSOC), clear cell and small cell carcinoma. FPS after first stage (with residual tumour inclusively) can be applied as an exception in germ cell tumours [21].
3. Current aspects of FPS in granulosa cell tumours: according to the tissue from which they arise, the World Health Organization divides ovarian tumours into the following: epithelial tumours – 65%, germ cell tumours – 15%, sex cord tumours – 10%, metastatic tumours – 5%, others, unclassifiable. Sex-cord tumours (SCTs) are mainly hormone-producing tumours. Two types of tumours are basically presented: granulosa cell tumours and Sertoli-Leydig cell tumours. The latter are not indicated for FPS because of the more aggressive biology of the tumour [22].
Granulosa cell tumours (GCTs) are encountered rarely – they constitute 3–5% of all malignant ovarian tumours. There are 2 basic types of these tumours according to age, and clinical and pathological characteristics: adult type – which affects women in the fifth decade (95%), and juvenile type – which affects girls between around puberty and up to 30 years of age (5%). They are hormone-producing ovarian tumours, which determines the symptoms in making a diagnosis: vaginal bleeding, precocious puberty, menstrual disorders, hirsutism/virilism, abdominal pain, or heaviness. Hanley described GCTs as formations of large volume, most frequently of stage IA – cysts or solid tumours with preserved capsule. The most important prognostic factors are the stage and avoidance of rupture of the formation during operation (or the presence of malignant ascites). Thus, in the first stage, the overall survival rate is 90%, while for the other stages it varies from 30% to 50% [22].
FPS in GCTs means preserving a part of one of the ovaries and of the uterus. In these cases, the points of reference for observations, studies, and advisability of organ-preserving techniques are the oncological results (overall and disease-free survival rate), reproductive results (spontaneous conceptions), and oncological safety of in vitro fertilization (IVF). The largest study on FPS in GCT in stage I was conducted by Bergamini, and the results were published in “Gynaecological Oncology” in 2019 [23]. The number of patients included in this study was 239, while the average period of follow-up was 84 months. A high frequency of relapses – 24.3% – was recorded; the relapses were diagnosed more frequently in women with preserved reproductive organs – 37.2% – in comparison with 18% in the women subject to radical operation. Also, in the group with FPS the relapses were predominantly (82%) local/pelvic. In more than 50% of patients in the group with FPS, overall determination of stage was not performed, and that was the reason for the high number of relapses in stage IA. The conclusions drawn from the study by Bergamini are as follows: late relapses are possible (after up to 5 years) in young patients; the relapses are mainly in the pelvis; long-term follow-up after FPS is necessary; and the determination of the surgical stage is of essential significance. Based on this study, the main principles of FPS in GCT were brought out: patients in stages IA, IB, and IC1 are eligible for this type of surgery; in these cases, performing endometrial curettage and complete determination of the surgical stage are imposed – washes, peritoneal biopsies, pelvic and paraaortic lymph node dissection, omentectomy, and biopsy of the contralateral ovary. In the first clinical stage and in planned unilateral adnexectomy, caution has to be increased towards prevention of rupture of the cyst. Endometrial curettage before the operative intervention is recommended in connection with the planned preservation of the uterus, because the intraoperative express histological consultation is not accurate; a limiting factor for FPS is the state of more than first stage according to FIGO. If the requirements for FPS are met, and the stage is not above IC1, no adjuvant chemotherapy is required.
It is important after organ preservation operation to guarantee the oncological safety of a possible in vitro fertilization (IVF) procedure. Ovarian stimulation is an element of assisted reproductive technologies. Ovarian stimulation in GCT is not recommended because follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) receptors are found in GCT [24], while the stimulation is related to exposure to high doses of FSH. Besides, there is in vitro evidence for the connection between the exposure to gonadotropins and development of granulosa cell tumours [25]. Another study points out that high concentrations of FSH are oncogenic for granulosa cells [26]. According to contemporary recommendations in GCT of stage IA, the indications for ovarian stimulation should be discussed by a multidisciplinary team of experts case by case, while in tumours above stage IA or other histological types (Sertoli-Leydig cell tumours), ovarian stimulation is contraindicated [27, 28]. The frequency of pregnancy, births, and recurrences after pregnancy is not well known because of the rareness of these tumours. The information in medical literature is insufficient.

FPS in epithelial borderline ovarian tumours (BOTs)

BOTs have some specific histological differences compared to benign and malignant ovarian tumours: they have higher epithelial proliferation and more variable nuclear atypia than benign lesions, and they have no stromal invasion, in contrast to carcinomas [29]. The most common types are serous or mucinous and rarely clear-cell, endometrioid, and Brenner (transitional-cell) tumours. About 30% of patients with BOTs are diagnosed in reproductive age (below 40 years of age) [30], and that is why the question of preservation of fertility is so important for them. When stage I is concerned, adnexectomy or cystectomy is performed; adnexectomy is preferable because there is lower risk of relapse [31]. Cystectomy is performed in bilateral tumours or in patients with only 1 ovary. The risk of recurrence after unilateral cystectomy, unilateral salpingo-oophorectomy, or bilateral unilateral salpingo-oophorectomy is 30.3%, 11%, and 1.7%, respectively [32]. These patients can conceive spontaneously, while it is desirable for this to happen as soon as possible after operative intervention [33]. The pregnancy rate in these patients varies between 30% and 80% [34, 35]. Some authors did not find differences in pregnancy rates according to surgical approach (open versus laparoscopy) or type of surgery (unilateral cystectomy versus unilateral salpingo-oophorectomy) [36].
It is assumed that the use of assisted reproductive techniques is safe in such patients. The stimulation of the ovaries in women BOTs is relatively safe, and extraction of the ovum is possible before the operation [37]. Serous BOTs may present implants on peritoneal surfaces [38]. In rare cases, these implants can invade underlying tissue and then, according to the 2014 WHO (World Health Organization) Classification of Tumours of Female Reproductive Organs, BOTs should be considered as low-grade serous carcinoma [29, 39]. According to the recommendations of ESGO from 2019, FPS in serous BOTs is applicable in I-III stage according to FIGO [40]. In these cases, the surgical removal of extraovarian implants is of great significance. In these cases, adjuvant therapy is not recommended. The optimal time till the occurrence of pregnancy was not found, but the long-term observation of the preserved ovary and peritoneal implants (by means of imaging diagnostics) are of great significance, especially before planned pregnancy (IVF). In this sense, the safety of IVF procedures was not found. The current publications confirm the practical applicability of these recommendations [37, 41].

Conclusions

The abdominal radical trachelectomy – from one side – and neoadjuvant chemotherapy followed by conization or simple trachelectomy – from the other – have identical oncological results in cancer CC with sizes of up to 4 cm and negative lymph nodes. NCT followed by conization/simple trachelectomy is associated with higher frequency of pregnancies and lower risk of incomplete carrying of the foetus, compared to radical trachelectomy. The sentinel (indocyanine green, ICG) pelvic lymph node dissection in patients with CC of IB2 stage (FIGO classification of 2018) selects candidates for FPS.
Granulosa cell tumours of juvenile type can occur in young girls. The prognosis depends on the stage, and FPS is not recommended in stages above IC because relapses with very poor prognosis may occur. In FPS adequate determination of the surgical stage is of great significance. Ovarian stimulation is contraindicated in GCT of stage IC. FPS in BOTs of stage I according to FIGO classification is applicable and safe for the patients. Women with serous BOTs stage II-III are also appropriate candidates for FPS, but radical surgical excision of the extraovarian implants is recommended.

Conflict of interest

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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