Prognostic value of preoperative squamous cell carcinoma antigen level in patients surgically treated for cervical carcinoma

Gynecologic Oncology
B S BolgerJ M Monaghan

Abstract

Preoperative evaluation of squamous cell carcinoma antigen (SCCa) was performed in 220 patients with surgically treated early-stage carcinoma of the cervix. The median duration of follow-up was 1.9 years. SCCa was significantly higher in tumors with a squamous element (P < 0.001). There was a squamous element in 171 tumors. SCCa was elevated (>2 ng/ml) in 21.6%. Significantly higher levels were associated with stage II disease (P < 0.001), tumors >4-cm size (P < 0.001), and lymph node metastases (P < 0.001). The positive predictive value for lymph node metastases at >2, >4, and >8.6 ng/ml SCCa is 51.4, 70.0, and 100% and the sensitivity is 58.1, 45.2, and 22.6%, respectively. Low SCCa is a poor predictor of absence of lymph node metastasis. The median SCCa for patients who developed tumor recurrence was greater than those who remained disease free (1.7 and 1.0 ng/ml, respectively, P = 0.009); however, in a multivariate analysis only lymph node metastasis and tumor size were of independent prognostic significance (P = 0.002 and P = 0.004, respectively). SCCa level >8.6 ng/ml is highly predictive of lymph nodal disease. There is no independent prognostic significance in patients with early-stage surgically treated cervical carcin...Continue Reading

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