title: Patterns of cervical carcinoma in women of advanced age.
abstract: Twenty-eight women aged > or = 85 years invasive carcinoma of the cervix were studied retrospectively. Seventy-five percent of the tumors were squamous in origin. Adenocarcinomas constituted 17.9%, and unusual varieties comprised 7.1%. All 5-year survivors are alive with disease and were treated with irradiation therapy. The overall survival rate was 29%.
authors.affiliation: King-Drew Medical Center, Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Los Angeles, CA 90059, USA.
authors.forename: G W
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Chapman
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy; D001741:Black or African American / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015995:Prevalence; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013997:Time Factors; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy; D044465:White People / Q000706:statistics & numerical data