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ONCOLOGY LETTERS
卷 15, 期 5, 页码 6555-6561出版社
SPANDIDOS PUBL LTD
DOI: 10.3892/ol.2018.8116
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perineural invasion; uterine cervical cancer; prognosis risk factors
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Perineural invasion (PNI) is the neoplastic invasion of nerves by cancer cells, a process that has attracted attention as a novel prognostic factor for cancer. The present study aimed to investigate the prognostic value of PNI in patients with early-stage cervical cancer (International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics stage IA2-IIA). A total of 210 patients who underwent radical hysterectomy and pelvic lymphadenectomy between 2007 and 2012 were included in the current study, of whom 8.57% (18/210) exhibited PNI. Patients with PNI were more likely to exhibit adverse histopathological features, such as increased tumor size, depth of stromal invasion, parametrial invasion, lymphovascular space invasion and lymph nodes metastases (all P<0.05). Patients with PNI exhibited shorter disease-free and overall survival (P=0.002 and P=0.017, respectively). However, PNI was not identified as an independent risk factor for either recurrence or death by multivariate analysis. Furthermore, 88.9% (16/18) of patients with PNI received adjuvant therapy following surgery. PNI was significantly associated with well-established indicators for adjuvant therapy. In conclusion, PNI was associated with multiple high-risk factors and its presence was indicative of a poor outcome in patients with early-stage cervical cancer, which may influence management decisions regarding adjuvant therapy.
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