title: The significance of paraaortic node status in carcinoma of the cervix and endometrium.
abstract: Survival in 115 women with cervical carcinoma and 55 patients with carcinoma of the endometrium was correlated with the status of paraaortic lymph nodes and the clinical stage of disease. The survival probability at 48 months for patients with cervical cancer who had negative paraaortic lymph nodes was 86% for stage IB in comparison to 67% for those with advanced disease (clinical stages II, III, and IV). The difference of 19% between these two groups was not statistically significant nor was there a statistical difference in survival between early and advanced disease groups when paraaortic nodes contained tumor (37 vs 20%). For all stages of cervical cancer, survival was 80% with negative nodes and 20% with positive nodes at 48 months. In patients with endometrial carcinoma and negative paraaortic lymph nodes, projected survival at 48 months was 72% for stage I and 77% for stages II and III. When paraaortic lymph nodes demonstrated metastatic disease, survival uniformly decreased to 27% of patients with stage I cancer and 25% of those with stage II and III disease. For all stages of endometrial cancer, survival was 76% with negative nodes and 26% with positive nodes at 48 months. The presence or absence of metastatic disease in the paraaortic lymph nodes is an important prognostic factor that appears to be more useful in predicting survival than clinical stage of disease in patients with cervical and endometrial cancer.
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology*; D001011:Aorta; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000401:mortality*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology*; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011336:Probability; D011379:Prognosis; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality*; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality*