Patterns of cervical carcinoma in women of advanced age

Twenty-eight women aged > or = 85 years invasive carcinoma of the cervix were studied retrospectively. Seventy-five percent of the tumors were squamous in origin. Adenocarcinomas constituted 17.9%, and unusual varieties comprised 7.1%. All 5-year survivors are alive with disease and were treated...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of the National Medical Association 1997-12, Vol.89 (12), p.801-804
1. Verfasser:	CHAPMAN, G. W
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adenocarcinoma - epidemiology Adenocarcinoma - therapy African Americans - statistics & numerical data Aged Aged, 80 and over Biological and medical sciences Carcinoma, Squamous Cell - epidemiology Carcinoma, Squamous Cell - therapy European Continental Ancestry Group - statistics & numerical data Female Female genital diseases Gynecology. Andrology. Obstetrics Humans Medical sciences Prevalence Retrospective Studies Time Factors Tumors Uterine Cervical Neoplasms - epidemiology Uterine Cervical Neoplasms - mortality Uterine Cervical Neoplasms - therapy
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Zusammenfassung:	Twenty-eight women aged > or = 85 years invasive carcinoma of the cervix were studied retrospectively. Seventy-five percent of the tumors were squamous in origin. Adenocarcinomas constituted 17.9%, and unusual varieties comprised 7.1%. All 5-year survivors are alive with disease and were treated with irradiation therapy. The overall survival rate was 29%.
ISSN:	0027-9684 1943-4693