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FIGO Stage Is the Strongest Prognostic Factor in Adenocarcinoma of the Uterine Cervix.

OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to identify clinical and pathological determinants of invasive adenocarcinoma of the uterine cervix (AC) in a large, single-centre series serving a population of 1.5 million.

METHODS: Data on clinical (n = 27) and pathological (n = 23) variables for 166 women with a diagnosis of AC treated between 2000 and 2013 were extracted from their charts and pathology reports. Overall survival (OS) was calculated, and significant determinants were identified using Kaplan-Meier analyses and log-rank tests, respectively (Canadian Task Force Classification II-2).

RESULTS: This was a heterogeneous group of women with all stages of disease treated with conization, surgery, radiation, and systemic chemotherapy, alone or in combination. Mean age at diagnosis was 43; 86.7% had stage I disease, 9.6% had stage II, and only 3.6% had stage III and IV disease. Mean follow-up was 108 months. Many histotypes were diagnosed and grouped as mucinous (n = 103), endometrioid (n = 15), rare (n = 9), and adenosquamous (n = 39) types. Twenty-eight women had recurrent cancer and died of the disease; OS at 5 years was 85%. Five-year OS for women with stage I was 92%, compared with 40% for stage II or higher. Univariate analysis revealed that premenopausal status, tumour size, first-line treatment with chemotherapy, lymphovascular invasion, rare histological subtypes, stage, and receipt of second-line treatment were all significantly associated with a lower OS. Using multivariate analysis, only stage remained an independent factor.

CONCLUSION: This is the largest single-centre Canadian series of invasive AC. Stage is the strongest prognostic factor in multivariate analysis; in contrast to other studies, lymph node status was not a significant determinant.

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