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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GYNECOLOGY & OBSTETRICS
Volume 107, Issue 3, Pages 220-223Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2009.07.029
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Cervical adenocarcinoma; Cervical cancer; Non-squamous cell carcinoma; Young women
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Objective: To compare the characteristics and prognosis of cervical cancer in young women (under 30 years) with those of older women (over 30 years). Methods: A retrospective study of 2443 patients diagnosed with FIGO stage IA-IIA cervical cancer who underwent surgical procedures between January 1983 and December 2007. Results: Thirty patients (1.2%) were 30 years or younger. The proportion of non-squamous cell carcinoma was higher in patients 30 years or younger compared with in patients over 30 years (14/30, 46.7% vs 10/30, 33.3%; P=0.001). A higher rate of parametrial involvement was found in the younger group of patients compared with those over 30 years (10/30, 33.3% vs 289/2413, 12.0%; P=0.001). Patients under 30 years had a higher rate of distant metastases compared with older patients (60% vs 49.7%; P=0.036). Conclusions: Non-squamous histology, parametrial involvement, a higher rate of distant metastases, and poorer prognosis are more common in women aged 30 or younger with cervical cancer than in older women with the disease. Published by Elsevier Ireland Ltd. on behalf of International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics.
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