title: Stage I adenocarcinoma of the uterine cervix: tumour size, grade, lymph node metastases and 5-year survival.
abstract: This study includes 22 cases of Stage I cervical adenocarcinoma. The lymph node metastases and 5-year survival according to the size of lesion and grade of tumour were evaluated. The overall pelvic and para-aortic lymph node metastases were found to be 31.8% and 0% respectively. Metastases in the pelvic lymph nodes were found in 16.6% of patients with lesions less than 2 cm and 50.0% of patients with lesions 2 cm or greater in size. Pelvic lymph node metastases were found to be 0% for Grade 1, 25% for Grade 2 and 46% for Grade 3 tumours. The overall 5-year survival was 68.2%. This figure varied from 60% to 75% according to the size of lesion and from 61.5% to 100% according to the grade of tumour.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hacettepe University, Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ayhan
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yüce
authors.forename: Z S
authors.initials: ZS
authors.lastname: Tuncer
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Urman
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ayhan
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D015996:Survival Rate; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology*