IMR Press / CEOG / Volume 50 / Issue 10 / DOI: 10.31083/j.ceog5010219
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Abdominal Radical Hysterectomy as an Alternative Treatment Option for Patients with Cervical Cancer without Access to Radiotherapy Facilities
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1 Department of Midwifery, Faculty of Health, Dongguan Polytechnic, 523808 Dongguan, Guangdong, China
2 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, 510515 Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
3 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Xijing Hospital of Airforce Medical University, 710032 Xi'an, Shanxi, China
4 Department of Gynecology, Fourth Hospital, Hebei Medical University, 050019 Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China
5 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, 100029 Beijing, China
6 Department of Gynecologic Oncology, Affiliated Cancer Hospital, Zhengzhou University, 450008 Zhengzhou, Henan, China
7 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Shenzhen Maternal and Child Health Hospital, 518028 Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
8 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, 100193 Beijing, China
*Correspondence: lp2@smu.edu.cn (Ping Liu); ccl1@smu.edu.cn (Chunlin Chen)
These authors contributed equally.
Clin. Exp. Obstet. Gynecol. 2023, 50(10), 219; https://doi.org/10.31083/j.ceog5010219
Submitted: 18 May 2023 | Revised: 9 June 2023 | Accepted: 15 June 2023 | Published: 20 October 2023
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Cervical Cancer Therapy and Prognosis)
Copyright: © 2023 The Author(s). Published by IMR Press.
This is an open access article under the CC BY 4.0 license.
Abstract

Background: To compare the oncological outcomes of Chinese patients with International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) 2018 stage IIIC cervical cancer (CC) receiving radical chemoradiotherapy (R-CT), abdominal radical hysterectomy (ARH), or neoadjuvant chemotherapy and radical surgery (NACT). Methods: Overall, 4086 patients in 47 hospitals from 2004 to 2018 were divided into groups according to stage (4029 with stage IIIC1 and 57 with stage IIIC2). Kaplan-Meier and Cox regression analyses were applied to compare the 5-year overall survival (OS) and disease-free survival (DFS) of the three initial treatments before and after propensity score matching (PSM). Results: The 5-year DFS was worse in patients with stage IIIC2 than in those with stage IIIC1 (post-PSM: 68.3% vs. 39.9%, p < 0.001). For stage IIIC1, the ARH group had better 5-year OS (post-PSM: 71.0% vs. 80.0%, p < 0.001) and DFS (post-PSM: 67.2% vs. 71.0%, p < 0.001) than the R-CT group, while the NACT group had worse 5-year DFS (post-PSM: 67.7% vs. 55.3%, p = 0.002). The 5-year OS (post-PSM: 80.9% vs. 70.5%, p < 0.001) and DFS (post-PSM: 70.7% vs. 54.1%, p < 0.001) were better in the ARH than in the NACT group. For stage IIIC2, the 5-year DFS was better in the ARH than in the NACT group (45.4% vs. 30.1%, p = 0.025). Conclusions: The oncological prognosis of patients with stage IIIC1 CC was generally better than that of patients with stage IIIC2, thereby supporting the rationale behind the classification of stage IIIC. In less developed areas, the ARH is a promising alternative treatment option for patients with stage IIIC; nonetheless, the use of NACT is not advisable. Clinical Trial Registration: The study was registered at http://apps.who.int/trialsearch/, registration number CHiCTR1800017778.

Keywords
FIGO 2018 IIIC
cervical cancer
radiotherapy
prognosis
abdominal radical hysterectomy
Funding
2014BAI05B03/National Science and Technology Support Program of China
2015A030311024/National Natural Science Fund of Guangdong
20221800500661/Dongguan Sci-tech Commissoner Program
GDJG 2021008/Guangdong Higher Vocational Education Teaching Reform Research and Practice Project
158100075/Science and Technology Plan of Guangzhou
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