Reflecting the Achievements of Practice and Leading the Future Direction: Interpretation on Cervical Cancer Staging of the International Federation of Obstetrics and Gynecology in 2018

For years, the cervical cancer staging of the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) are of clinical staging. However, with the development of diagnostic techniques, advances in surgical procedures, and a deeper understanding of the prognosis of cervical cancer, the old FIGO staging has not been able to well predict the prognosis of cervical cancer and to help the choice of treatment. Therefore, on the basis of the cervical cancer staging in 2009, FIGO introduced new progress in the diagnosis and treatment of cervical cancer in the past 10 years and formed the new staging of cervical cancer in 2018. The new staging system mainly reflects a more detailed stratification of the tumor size and the inclusion of lymph node metastasis. This article explains the changes in the cervical cancer staging of FIGO 2018 and its clinical significance.