Postoperative clinicopathological factors affecting cervical adenocarcinoma: Stages I–IIB

Currently, cervical adenocarcinoma (ADC) receives the same standard treatment as squamous cell carcinoma, but this treatment regimen is not wholly suited for ADC. The present study was conducted to assess the prognostic role of postoperative clinicopathological factors in patients with stage I–IIB cervical ADC. The study examined 312 patients with stage I–IIB cervical ADC who underwent radical hysterectomy, including pelvic lymphadenectomy, at our institutions between October 2006 and September 2014. Overall survival (OS) and relapse-free survival (RFS) was analyzed by the Kaplan–Meier method. Sites of recurrence were classified as local and distant locations. The 5-year OS and RFS rates were 88.2% and 83.8%, respectively. The 5-year OS rates for patients with International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) stage IA, IB, IIA, and IIB were 100.0%, 90.7%, 82.8%, and 55.6%, respectively. The Cox model identified number of positive pelvic nodes and age at surgery as independent prognostic factors for survival, and number of positive pelvic nodes and postoperative tumor diameter (≥4 cm) as independent prognostic factors for relapse. Cancer recurrence developed in 35 women. The top three recurrence sites were pelvis, vaginal stump, and lung. A more aggressive therapeutic strategy different from current practice in cervical cancer is urgently required for cervical ADC. As a new prognostic factor, postoperative tumor diameter should receive special attention in ADC treatment.