Interferon treatment of uterine cervical carcinoma: 20 years of follow-up.
Twenty-seven randomized patients with biopsy proven carcinoma of the uterine cervix were treated with human natural leucocytic interferon (HNLI) and followed up, while 30 randomized patients were followed up in the control group and were not treated with HNLI. International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) classification of HNLI-treated patients was IA: 8, IB: 9, IIA and IIB: 10. FIGO classification of control non-treated patients was IA: 9, IB: 10, IIA and IIB: 12. HNLI was applied locally at 2x10(6) U daily in pessaries for 21 days before surgery. Survival analysis of the HNLI-treated patients after 240 months of observation showed that 20 patients (74.07%) out of 27 survived, and in the control group 14 patients (46.67%) out of 30 survived. Statistical difference between the HNLI-treated group and control group of patients is significant P<0.05.
Institute for Research and Standardization of Immunologic Substances, Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Demetrova 18, 10000, Zagreb, Croatia.
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D000328:Adult; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007372:Interferons / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008875:Middle Aged; D016019:Survival Analysis; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000401:mortality
D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D007372:Interferons