Significance of Concurrent Chemoradiotherapy as Primary Treatment in Patients with Metastatic Cervical Cancer

Curr Oncol. 2021 Apr 29;28(3):1663-1672. doi: 10.3390/curroncol28030155.

Abstract

(1) This study investigated the prognostic impact of tumor size in patients with metastatic cervical cancer. (2) Methods: Seventy-three cervical cancer patients in our institute were stratified into two groups based on distant metastasis: para-aortic lymph node metastasis alone (IIIC2) or spread to distant visceral organs with or without para-aortic lymph node metastasis (IVB) to identify primary tumor size and concurrent chemoradiotherapy. (3) Results: The overall survival (OS) for patients with a tumor >6.9 cm in size was significantly poorer than that for patients with a tumor ≤6.9 cm in the IVB group (p = 0.0028); the corresponding five-year OS rates in patients with a tumor ≤6.9 and >6.9 cm were 53.3% and 13.4%, respectively. In the multivariate analysis, tumor size and primary treatment were significantly associated with survival in metastatic cervical cancer. (4) Conclusions: Tumor size ≤6.9 cm and concurrent chemoradiotherapy as the primary treatment were favorable prognostic factors for patients with metastatic cervical cancer.

Keywords: biomarker; concurrent chemoradiotherapy; metastatic cervical cancer; prognosis; tumor size.

MeSH terms

  • Carcinoma, Squamous Cell* / drug therapy
  • Chemoradiotherapy
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Lymph Nodes
  • Prognosis
  • Uterine Cervical Neoplasms* / therapy