Postoperative adjuvant radiation improves local control in surgically treated FIGO stage I-II small cell carcinoma of the cervix.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVE:To determine the prognostic effect of adjuvant radiation and clinicopathological variables in surgically treated patients with small cell carcinoma of the cervix (SCCC). METHODS:Clinical data of SCCC patients with International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) stage I-II underwent radical surgery from May 2000 to August 2014 at Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital were retrospectively reviewed. Forty-three patients with SCCC were included to this study. Chi-square test or Fisher's exact test, Student's t test or Mann-Whitney U test, Kaplan-Meier method and multivariate analysis of Cox proportional hazards regression were used for statistical analysis. P < 0.05 was considered to be statistically significant. RESULTS:Among 43 patients (median age, 49 years old) recruited, 2

SUBMITTER: Shen T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6854720 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature