Adenocarcinoma of the cervix in Jewish women: a clinicopathologic study of seven cases.

During the 14-year period from 1959 to 1973, 60 primary cervical carcinomas were diagnosed at the Kaplan Hospital; 53 were squamous cell carcinomas and seven, adenocarcinomas. The ages of the patients with cervical adenocarcinoma ranged from 22 to 70 years, with a mean of 51.2 years. Postmenopausal bleeding was the most common symptom. One patient was in clinical stage 0, three were in stage I and three in stage II. All patients were treated by irradiation, and four underwent total hysterectomy in addition. Two patients died of cervical adenocarcinoma 16 and 24 months after establishment of the diagnosis, four are alive one to two years after diagnosis, and one has been lost to follow-up. Histologic examination revealed one in situ adenocarcinoma, four papillary and two nonpapillary tumors. Cervical adenocarcinoma in Jewish women presents clinicopathologic features similar to those described in non-Jewish populations. The only significant difference between the two populations appears to be that adenocarcinomas account for a higher proportion of all cervical carcinomas in Jewish than in non-Jewish women.