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Original Research
Assessment of primary radical hysterectomy and neoadjuvant chemotherapy followed by radical hysterectomy in Stage IB2, IIA bulky cervical cancer
A. Musaev1, A. B. Guzel1, G. Khatib1,*, U. K. Gulec1, M. A. Vardar1, A. Altıntas Altıntas1, D. Gumurdulu2
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Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Cukurova University, Adana
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Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Cukurova University, Adana (Turkey)
Eur. J. Gynaecol. Oncol. 2015, 36(5), 579–584;
https://doi.org/10.12892/ejgo2629.2015
Published: 10 October 2015
Abstract
Objective: Uncertainty concerning the treatment of Stage IB2-IIA (bulky) cervical cancer is still continuing. In this study, an analysis of Stage IB2-IIA (bulky) cervical cancer was performed. The efficacy of primary radical surgery and neoadjuvant chemotherapy followed by a radical surgery was investigated. Materials and Methods: Medical data of 50 patients who were diagnosed with Stage IB2-IIA (bulky) cervical cancer and treated between 2002-2009 were retrospectively assessed. In the radical surgery group, radical hysterectomy + bilateral pelvic + para-aortic lymphadenectomy were performed. In the neoadjuvant chemotherapy group, a combination of cisplatin/topotecan or paclitaxel/carboplatin was given to the patients and then radical surgery was performed. Each group was evaluated individually. Prognostic factors were determined and survival rates were compared between the groups. A p value was taken < 0.05 for the statistical significance level for all results. Results: Radical surgery after neoadjuvant chemotherapy was performed in 21 and primary radical surgery in 29 patients. Median follow-up time was 36.0 ± 14.0 months. Average of the tumor size before treatment was 50.2 ± 7.6 mm. In the radical surgery after neoadjuvant chemotherapy group, lymphovascular space invasion (LVSI) and tumor size (before and after treatment) were determined to be significant factors for each of disease-free survival (DFS) and overall survival (OS). On multivariate analysis, tumor size (before treatment) was found to be an independent prognostic factor for both of DFS (p = 0.006) and OS (p = 0.010). No significant difference in survival periods was observed among the groups. Conclusion: There was no significant superiority among the two treatment options. Nonetheless, further studies are needed to compare the multimodal approaches in these stages of cervical cancer.
Keywords
Stage IB2-IIA (bulky) cervical cancer
Neoadjuvant chemotherapy
Radical hysterectomy