Stage and histology of cervical cancer in women under 25 years old.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate the histological and stage characteristics of cervical cancer in women under 25 years old, and to compare them with older women.

Methods

Cross-sectional study of cases from the Hospital Cancer Registry of São Paulo State/Brazil from 2000 to 2015. Variables were age, International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics stage and histological type. Prevalence ratio (PR) and its 95% confidence interval (CI) were calculated.

Results

Out of 18,423 cervical cancer cases 204 (1.1%) were in women under 25 years old. The most frequent stage was stage I in women under 25 (36.2%) and between 25 and 34 (43.4%), and stage III in older women (31.8%). No statistically significant difference was observed in stages by age group. Squamous carcinomas were the most

SUBMITTER: Vale DB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6543106 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature