Role of locoregional surgery in treating FIGO 2009 stage IVB cervical cancer patients: a population-based study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

We aimed to analyse the clinical value of primary site surgery in improving the cancer-specific survival (CSS) and overall survival (OS) of initial metastatic cervical cancer patients.

Design

A population-based retrospective study.

Setting

National Cancer Institute's Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results database.

Participants

We analysed 1390 patients with the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics 2009 stage IVB cervical cancer with complete clinical data treated between 2010 and 2016.

Interventions

Primary site surgery.

Measures

Propensity score matching (PSM) with a ratio of 1:2 was used to balance measure covariates of comparison groups. Survival time was calculated using Kaplan-Meier methods and compared by the

SUBMITTER: Wang Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8359511 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature