Stage IB squamous cell cancer of the cervix: clinicopathologic features related to survival
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A study was designed to identify factors that influence the survival of patients with stage IB squamous cell carcinoma of the cervix (cancer of the cervix). Between 1970 and 1985, 345 patients with cancer of the cervix were treated at the University of Michigan Medical Center. Eighty-three percent of the patients had positive Pap smears and 68 percent had symptoms of bleeding. Eighty-nine percent of the patients were alive five years after treatment. The factors that did not influence patient survival included the results of the Pap smear, age, smoking history, high blood pressure, and blood type. The factors that did influence patient survival included the size of the tumor, the stage of growth of the tumor (tumor grade or differentiation), the spread of the tumor to lower parts of the uterus, the spread of the tumor to the lymph nodes, and diabetes. When the tumor was less than 3 centimeters (cm), the five-year survival rate was 91 percent; when the tumor was greater than 3 cm, the survival rate was reduced to 76 percent. The survival rate for patients with well-differentiated tumors was 95 percent, and survival was reduced to 82 percent in patients with poorly differentiated tumors. When the lower parts of the uterus were affected, survival was reduced from 95 percent to 73 percent. When the tumor spread to the lymph nodes it reduced the rate of survival from 93 percent to 61 percent. When four or more lymph nodes were involved the rate of survival was 33 percent. (Consumer Summary produced by Reliance Medical Information, Inc.)
Publication Name: American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0002-9378
Year: 1991
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Prognostic factors and clinicopathologic characteristics of invasive adenocarcinoma of the uterine cervix
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A study is conducted to evaluate the outcome of patients with cervical adenocarcinoma and to determine the characteristics and the prognostic factors of this entity. The results show survival and prognostic factors and demonstrate a high rate of early stages than western countries, but no increase in frequency of cervical adenocarcinoma.
Publication Name: American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0002-9378
Year: 2006
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Glassy cell adenocarcinoma of the uterine cervix
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Glassy cell carcinoma of the cervix is a rare variant of cervical cancer accounting for a small percentage of cell types. A review and survival analysis of Glassy cell adenocarcinoma reveals that it is a small subset of adenocarcinoma and when compared with other adenocarcinomas, survival is not significantly decreased.
Publication Name: American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0002-9378
Year: 2004
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