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. 2018 Oct 18;13(10):e0204950.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0204950. eCollection 2018.

Factors predicting parametrial invasion in patients with early-stage cervical carcinomas

Heng-Cheng Hsu  1   2   3 , Yi-Jou Tai  1   3 , Yu-Li Chen  1   4 , Ying-Cheng Chiang  1   3 , Chi-An Chen  1 , Wen-Fang Cheng  1   3   5
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Factors predicting parametrial invasion in patients with early-stage cervical carcinomas

Heng-Cheng Hsu et al. PLoS One. .

Abstract

We aimed to identify factors predicting parametrial invasion in early-stage cervical cancer patients undergoing radical hysterectomy. We recruited women with invasive cervical cancer who underwent radical hysterectomy at a single medical institute from 2000-2011. The clinical and pathological characteristics and outcomes were retrospectively recorded, and the risk factors for parametrial invasion were analyzed. We enrolled 339 patients, including 7 with stage IA1 carcinomas, 10 with stage IA2, 266 with stage IB1, 39 with stage IB2, 14 with stage IIA1, and 3 with stage IIA2. The majority (237/339, 69.9%) had squamous cell carcinoma, while 32 (12.4%) had parametrial invasion. The 16 patients with stage IB1 tumors and parametrial invasion were older (55.9±9.5vs. 49.0±9.9 years, p = 0.005, Mann-Whitney U test), and had deeper cervical stromal invasion (9.59±4.87 vs. 7.47±5.48 mm, p = 0.048, Mann-Whitney U test), larger tumor size (2.32±1.15 vs. 1.74±1.14cm, p = 0.043, Mann-Whitney U test), higher incidences of lymphovascular space invasion (87.5% vs. 28.8%, p<0.001, chi-square test), and greater lymph node metastasis (68.8% vs. 10.8%, p<0.001, chi-square test) than the 260 patients without parametrial invasion. Among the patients with stage IB1 tumor size >2 cm,10% had parametrial invasion and 24.2% had lymph node metastasis compared with only 4% and 9.4% of stage IB1 patients with a tumor size <2 cm, respectively. Only one (0.9%) of the 109 patients aged less than 50 years had parametrial invasion compared with 6 (9.7%) of the 62 patients aged over 50 years. Patients with stage IA2 and IB1 tumors <2 cm may not need radical hysterectomy owing to the low incidence of parametrial invasion.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Figures

Fig 1
Fig 1. Scenario one to determine the need for parametrectomy during hysterectomy, according to the status of pelvic lymph node metastasis.
Fig 2
Fig 2. Scenario two to determine the need for parametrectomy during hysterectomy, according to patient age.
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