title: Does FIGO clinical stage influence the survival of patients with early stages of uterine cervix carcinoma. International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics.
abstract: We studied the influence of the FIGO clinical stage on the prognosis of 114 patients with early stages of uterine cervix carcinoma who had been treated with radical surgery in the "La Fe" Maternity Hospital in Valencia between 1971 and 1989. The prognosis became worse with each clinical stage, in line with the fact that the more advanced clinical stages are more likely to have certain types of spread, larger tumours and a greater stromal invasion depth. However, the Cox regression adjustment of the variables predicting disease-free and survival intervals, including the clinical stage and preoperative and postoperative treatment, did not reveal a significant link between clinical stage and the prognostic indices studied, while postoperative treatment variables showed a great predictive capacity, possibly due to the fact that the postoperative treatment used in more advanced stages is more aggressive.
authors.affiliation: Service of Gynaecologic Oncology, Department of Gynaecology, La Fe University Hospital, Valencia, Spain.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Martin-Loeches
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Orti
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Aznar
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Asins
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Llixiona
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology; D018572:Disease-Free Survival; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging / Q000379:methods; D011379:Prognosis; D016016:Proportional Hazards Models; D011446:Prospective Studies; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology; D016019:Survival Analysis; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality* / Q000473:pathology*