title: Glassy cell carcinoma of the cervix: a bimodal treatment strategy.
abstract: Glassy cell carcinoma of the cervix is a distinct clinicopathologic entity. This infrequent pathologic subtype is an aggressive biologic tumor associated with a rapid clinical course and poor outcome with conventional treatment modalities in the majority of cases. In a 12-year period from July 1976 to June 1988, 32 cases of glassy cell carcinoma of the cervix were identified. This accounted for 5.3% of all cervical carcinomas. The mean age was 10 years younger than that of other histologic subtypes. A disproportional number of patients with glassy cell carcinoma had malignancies of early clinical stages. The 5-year survival of patients with Stage IB glassy cell carcinoma of the cervix was 45% when treated with primary radical surgery in contrast to 90% for squamous cell and 78% for adenocarcinoma. When bimodal therapy with radical surgery and radical radiotherapy was used, the survival of patients with Stage IB glassy cell carcinoma improved to 87%. Survival of patients with Stage II glassy cell carcinoma of the cervix improved from 50% to 85% with combined radical surgery and radiotherapy. Despite a combination of radical surgery and radiotherapy, complications were minimal.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, Manitoba, Affiliated Teaching Hospitals, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada.
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Lotocki
authors.forename: G V
authors.initials: GV
authors.lastname: Krepart
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Paraskevas
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Vadas
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Heywood
authors.forename: F K
authors.initials: FK
authors.lastname: Fung
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery; D000328:Adult; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000601:surgery*; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015993:Life Tables; D008875:Middle Aged; D016019:Survival Analysis; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000601:surgery*