J Gynecol Oncol.  2018 Jan;29(1):e5. 10.3802/jgo.2018.29.e5.

Oncologic outcomes of adjuvant chemotherapy alone after radical surgery for stage IB–IIA cervical cancer patients

Affiliations
  • 1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Gachon University Gil Medical Center, Gachon University College of Medicine, Incheon, Korea.
  • 2Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Gachon University Gil Medical Center, Gachon University College of Medicine, Incheon, Korea.
  • 3Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong, Kyung Hee University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. kgo02@hanmail.com

Abstract


OBJECTIVE
To evaluate the oncologic outcomes of adjuvant chemotherapy (CT) alone after radical surgery.
METHODS
We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of patients who underwent type C radical hysterectomy and pelvic lymphadenectomy with or without paraaortic lymphadenectomy for stage IB-IIA cervical cancer from March 2006 to December 2014 at 2 academic medical centers in Korea. Adjuvant CT alone for patients who met the Sedlis criteria or had lymph node (LN) involvement. Chemotherapeutic regimens consisted of either platinum alone or platinum-based combination.
RESULTS
A total of 101 consecutive patients were included in the analysis. The median age was 46.0 years (range, 23-73). Seventy-four patients (73.3%) were clinically staged as IB1; 23 and 4 patients as IB2 and IIA, respectively. The median number of retrieved pelvic and paraaortic LNs (PALNs) were 55.0 (range, 16-101) and 10.0 (range, 2-30), respectively. LN involvement was observed in 25 patients (24.8%). After the median follow-up of 65 months, 14 patients (13.9%) developed disease recurrence. In all patients, the estimated 3-year disease-free survival (DFS) rate and 5-year overall survival (OS) rate were 90.7% and 90.6%, respectively. In patients who met the Sedlis criteria, the 3-year DFS and 5-year OS rates were 94.6% and 90.6%, respectively. Patients with LN metastasis showed a 3-year DFS rate of 79.4% and a 5-year OS rate of 90.6%.
CONCLUSION
Adjuvant CT alone could be reasonable option for patients with surgical-pathologic risk factors after radical surgery in stage IB-IIA cervical cancer.

Keyword

Adjuvant Chemotherapy; Drug Therapy; Uterine Cervical Neoplasms

MeSH Terms

Academic Medical Centers
Chemotherapy, Adjuvant*
Disease-Free Survival
Drug Therapy
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Hysterectomy
Korea
Lymph Node Excision
Lymph Nodes
Medical Records
Neoplasm Metastasis
Platinum
Recurrence
Retrospective Studies
Risk Factors
Uterine Cervical Neoplasms*
Platinum
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