Prognostic analysis of early-stage squamous cell carcinoma of the vulva

Prognostic analysis of early-stage squamous cell carcinoma of the vulva

AIM The aim of this study was to analyze prognostic factors of early-stage squamous cell carcinoma of the vulva. METHODS A retrospective analysis was conducted on 35 patients who were treated for early-stage squamous cell carcinoma of the vulva at Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center from January 1980 to December 2005. The Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) was used to compare the ...

Squamous cell carcinoma of the vulva: prognostic factors influencing survival.

One hundred seventy-two cases of patients with squamous cell cancer of the vulva treated at the University of Michigan Medical Center from 1975 to 1988 are reported. The mean age was 66 years with a range of 21 to 101 years. The distribution by stage included Stage I, 65; Stage II, 44; Stage III, 50; and Stage IV, 13 patients. Groin node dissections performed on 145 patients showed negative nod...

Squamous cell carcinoma of the vulva.

Prognostic Model in Patients with Early-stage Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Uterine Cervix

Pathologic examination of specimens from radical surgery in patients with early-stage cervical cancers provides information that has predictive prognostic potential. Several pathologic features have been extensively studied and recognized as standard prognostic features such as extent of tumor invasion, presence of lymphovascular space invasion (LVSI), parametrial involvement, and lymph node me...

Prognostic factors associated with local recurrence in squamous cell carcinoma of the vulva

OBJECTIVE To analyze the prognostic factors related to the recurrence rate of vulvar cancer. METHODS Retrospective study of 87 patients diagnosed of vulvar squamous cell carcinoma diagnosed at a tertiary hospital in Madrid between January 2000 and December 2010. RESULTS The pathological mean tumor size was 35.1±22.8 mm, with stromal invasion of 7.7±6.6 mm. The mean free margin after surgery...