Ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration cytology of Para-aortic lymph node metastasis in uterine cervical cancer: diagnostic accuracy and impact on clinical decision making.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The main aim of this study was to ascertain the effectiveness of ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration cytology (US-FNAC) in the diagnosis of para-aortic lymph node (PALN) metastasis in uterine cervical cancer and to establish its potential impact on clinical therapeutic decision making.

Methods

We retrospectively reviewed clinical data from 92 patients diagnosed with cervical cancer with PALN enlargement between 2010 and 2018. Cytological results obtained with US-FNAC were classified by the same experienced cellular pathologists. Diagnostic indicators were determined on the basis of biopsy, imaging and clinical follow-up results. Univariate and multivariate analyses were used to assess the differences of influencing factors. The effect of US-FNAC on clinical de

SUBMITTER: Liu J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8393715 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature