title: [Cancer of the uterine cervix in young women. A retrospective study of 337 cases].
abstract: A retrospective study of 337 cases of cervix cancers in women aged 35 years and under, treated between 1980-1990 at the Ibn Rochd Oncology Center in Casablanca, was analyzed in order to determine the main characteristics of this disease and the influence of age on prognosis. The incidence of these cases was stable throughout the 11 years study period with a mean of 7.4% of all cervix cancers. The rate of early sexual activity in age under 18 years was particularly high, with 80%, of which 45.4% before the puberty. The advanced cases were predominating (58.2%). Earlier cases were treated with combined radiotherapy and surgery and advanced cases with radiotherapy alone. Overall survival rate was 41% at 5 years. It was 45.2% for the 31-35 years of age group and 32% for women aged 30 years and less. The prognosis of these younger women was especially poor in tumoral volume more than 3 cm, in advanced cases, in undifferentiated carcinoma and in cases of lymph node involvement. The comparative analysis of all prognostic factors in function of the age had permitted to show that women aged 31-35 years old have been a good prognosis, concerning survival at 5 years, in regard to women less 30 years.
authors.affiliation: Centre d'oncologie, CHU Ibn Rochd, Casablanca, Maroc.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Acharki
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sahraoui
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Benider
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tawfiq
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Jouhadi
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Bouras
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Samlali
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kahlain
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D015996:Survival Rate; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*
vernacular_title: Cancer du col utérin chez la femme jeune. Etude rétrospective de 337 cas.