Cancer permeates locally within ontogenetic compartments: clinical evidence and implications for cancer surgery

M Höckel - Future Oncology, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
The pathophysiologic process of local tumor spread is regarded as an isotropic infiltration of
microscopic extensions of the malignant lesion irrespective of tissue boundaries. By …

Implications of the new FIGO staging and the role of imaging in cervical cancer

A Kido, Y Nakamoto - The British Journal of Radiology, 2021 - academic.oup.com
International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) staging, which is the
fundamentally important cancer staging system for cervical cancer, has changed in 2018 …

Pattern analysis of regional spread and therapeutic lymph node dissection in cervical cancer based on ontogenetic anatomy

M Höckel, LC Horn, E Tetsch, J Einenkel - Gynecologic oncology, 2012 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: In cervical cancer lymph node dissection is applied for regional tumor staging.
Up to now, the use of (chemo) radiation in the nodal positive patient has prevented the exact …

Morphogenetic fields of embryonic development in locoregional cancer spread

M Höckel - The Lancet Oncology, 2015 - thelancet.com
The ontogenetic theory of locoregional cancer spread regards cancer as a clinical
manifestation of the pathological reactivation and maintenance of the sequential …

Association between developmental steps in the organogenesis of the uterine cervix and locoregional progression of cervical cancer: a prospective …

M Höckel, B Hentschel, LC Horn - The Lancet Oncology, 2014 - thelancet.com
Background Our previous work provided evidence that early cervical cancer is locally
confined to the Müllerian compartment that develops in women from the embryonic …

Vulvar field resection: novel approach to the surgical treatment of vulvar cancer based on ontogenetic anatomy

M Höckel, K Schmidt, K Bornmann, LC Horn… - Gynecologic …, 2010 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: Current local treatment of vulvar cancer is wide tumor excision and radical
vulvectomy based on functional anatomy established from the adult and on the view of radial …

Significance of uterine corpus tumor invasion in early-stage cervical cancer

K Matsuo, H Machida, EA Blake, T Takiuchi… - European Journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Objective To examine characteristics and survival outcomes of women with surgically-
treated cervical cancer exhibiting uterine corpus tumor invasion. Methods We utilized The …

Assessment of parametrial response by growth pattern in patients with International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics Stage IIB and IIIB cervical cancer …

K Yoshida, N Jastaniyah, A Sturdza… - International Journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
Purpose To assess disease response along the parametrial space according to tumor
morphology in patients with International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) …

Definition of compartment-based radical surgery in uterine cancer: radical hysterectomy in cervical cancer as 'total mesometrial resection (TMMR)'by M Höckel …

R Kimmig, P Wimberger, P Buderath, B Aktas… - World Journal of …, 2013 - Springer
Background Radical hysterectomy has been developed as a standard treatment in Stage I
and II cervical cancers with and without adjuvant therapy. However, there have been several …

Laparoscopic radical hysterectomy in cervical cancer as total mesometrial resection (L-TMMR): a multicentric experience

V Chiantera, G Vizzielli, A Lucidi, V Gallotta… - Gynecologic …, 2015 - Elsevier
Objective To analyze the feasibility of total mesometrial resection by laparoscopy (L-TMMR)
in a multicentric series of early stage cervical cancer. Method We prospectively evaluated a …