Tsunoda Audrey Tieko, Marnitz Simone, Soares Nunes Joao, Mattos de Cunha Andrade Carlos Eduardo, Scapulatempo Neto Christovam, Blohmer Jens-Uwe, Herrmann Jörg, Kerr Ligia Maria, Martus Peter, Schneider Achim, Favero Giovanni, Köhler Christhardt
Gynecologic Oncology Department, Hospital Erasto Gaertner and Instituto de Oncologia do Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil.
Oncology. 2017;92(4):213-220. doi: 10.1159/000453666. Epub 2017 Feb 1.
Surgical staging is associated with a significant rate of upstaging compared to clinical/radiological staging in patients with locally advanced cervical cancer.
To analyze the stage-specific percentage of pelvic and para-aortic lymph node metastases and the upstaging ratio in a prospective randomized trial (Uterus-11).
FIGO stage IIB-IVA cervical cancer patients were randomized to surgical staging (arm A) or to clinical staging and primary chemoradiation (arm B). Arm B patients underwent CT-guided biopsy of suspicious para-aortic lymph nodes. Confirmed para-aortic metastasis patients received extended-field radiation therapy.
A total of 234 patients were enrolled, including 120 (arm A) and 114 (arm B) treated per protocol. The groups were well balanced. Pelvic and para-aortic lymph node metastases were identified after surgical staging in 51 and 24% of patients, respectively (p < 0.001). Pelvic and para-aortic lymph node metastases were confirmed in 45 and 20% of IIB patients and in 71 and 37% of IIIB patients, respectively. Upstaging occurred in 39/120 (33%) in arm A and in 9/114 (8%) in arm B (p < 0.001).
The histological results in both groups led to a considerable rate of upstaging. Oncological data from the Uterus-11 study may reveal whether modified therapy translates into a survival benefit.
与局部晚期宫颈癌患者的临床/放射学分期相比,手术分期的分期上调率显著。
分析一项前瞻性随机试验(子宫-11)中盆腔和腹主动脉旁淋巴结转移的分期特异性百分比及分期上调率。
国际妇产科联盟(FIGO)IIB-IVA期宫颈癌患者被随机分为手术分期组(A组)或临床分期及初始放化疗组(B组)。B组患者接受CT引导下可疑腹主动脉旁淋巴结活检。确诊为腹主动脉旁转移的患者接受扩大野放射治疗。
共纳入234例患者,其中按方案治疗的A组120例,B组114例。两组均衡性良好。手术分期后分别有51%和24%的患者发现盆腔和腹主动脉旁淋巴结转移(p<0.001)。IIB期患者中分别有45%和20%、IIIB期患者中分别有71%和37%确诊为盆腔和腹主动脉旁淋巴结转移。A组39/120(33%)、B组9/114(8%)出现分期上调(p<0.001)。
两组的组织学结果均导致相当高的分期上调率。子宫-11研究的肿瘤学数据可能揭示改良治疗是否能转化为生存获益。