Cancer Management and Research (Oct 2021)

Comparison of Outcomes and Prognostic Factors Between Early-Stage Cervical Adenocarcinoma and Adenosquamous Carcinoma Patients After Radical Surgery and Postoperative Adjuvant Radiotherapy

  • Zhou Y,
  • Wang W,
  • Hu K,
  • Zhang F

Journal volume & issue
Vol. Volume 13
pp. 7597 – 7605

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Yuncan Zhou, Weiping Wang, Ke Hu, Fuquan Zhang Department of Radiation Oncology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Ke Hu; Fuquan Zhang Email [email protected]; [email protected]: No consensus has been reached regarding the survival difference between cervical adenocarcinoma (ADC) and adenosquamous carcinoma (ASC) patients. The purpose of this study was to compare survival outcomes and prognostic factors between early-stage ADC and ASC patients.Patients and Methods: We retrospectively reviewed stage IB-IIA patients with ADC and ASC who underwent radical hysterectomy and postoperative radiotherapy between June 2012 and December 2017.Results: A total of 125 patients were enrolled in our study (97 with ADC and 28 with ASC). The median follow-up period was 53.4 months. Compared with ASC patients, patients with ADC tended to have a higher proportion of positive pelvic lymph nodes (7.1% and 26.8%, respectively; p = 0.028). The most common site of distant metastasis was the lung, followed by the intestine and colon. The 5-year overall survival (OS), disease-free survival (DFS), pelvic control, and distant control rates for ADC and ASC patients were 83.6% and 92.0% (p = 0.349), 77.5% and 87.7% (p = 0.279), 81.8% and 96.2% (p = 0.121), and 88.3% and 87.7% (p = 0.948), respectively. Parametrial invasion was a prognostic factor for OS. Lymphovascular space involvement was a prognostic factor for DFS.Conclusion: ADC patients were more likely to have positive pelvic lymph nodes than those with ASC. There was no significant difference in survival outcomes between patients with ADC and ASC.Keywords: cervical adenocarcinoma, adenosquamous carcinoma, survival outcomes, parametrial invasion, lymphovascular space involvement

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