PMID: 20651385Jul 24, 2010Paper

Vulvar cancer: prognostic factors

Anticancer Research
Maria Ornella NicolettoLeopoldo Becagli

Abstract

Prognostic factors such as surgery and pathology in vulvar squamous cell carcinoma are studied. 47 patients with vulva squamous cell carcinoma treated at the Gynecology Department of the University of Padua, have been retrospectively studied. At the univariate relapse-free survival analysis, a significant association was found for histological grade, stage of disease and type of surgery. All patients presented vulvar squamous cell carcinoma: G(1) in 25 (53%), G(2) in 14 (30%), and G(3) in 8 (17%) patients. The distribution of stages was as following: stage 1 in 6 (13%), stage 2 in 20 (43%), stage 3 in 11 (23%), and stage 4 in 10 patients (21%). Radiotherapy was performed in 13 patients. Among the 47 patients evaluable: 26 (55.3%) developed local recurrence, 12 of these patients developed a second local relapse, 3 of these also had distant metastases (lung in 1 patient, lomboaortic and mediastinic lymph nodes in the other 2 patients). Stromal invasions were <or=9 mm in 14 patients with 6 relapses and >9 mm in 30 patients with 27 relapses (univariated analysis p=0 0066). Five episodes (10,6%) of thrombosis were observed. After multivariate analysis, surgery, stage and stromal invasion over 9 mm (hazard ratio=3.1; 95% confidence i...Continue Reading

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