Table 1.
Demographic and clinical characteristics of cervical cancer patients aged ≤25 years
| Clinical characteristics | Cervical carcinoma
|
Cervical sarcoma
|
Total cohort
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (N=44)
|
(N=16)
|
(N=60)
|
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| n | % | n | % | n | % | |
|
| ||||||
| Median age (years) | 24 | 16 | 23 | |||
| History of sexual behavior | ||||||
| Yes | 34 | 77.3 | 3 | 18.8 | 37 | 61.7 |
| No | 10 | 22.7 | 13 | 81.2 | 23 | 38.3 |
| Symptoms | ||||||
| Post-coital bleeding | 21 | 47.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 21 | 35.0 |
| Abnormal vaginal bleeding | 16 | 36.4 | 8 | 50.0 | 24 | 40.0 |
| Cervical polypoid mass | 1 | 2.3 | 7 | 43.8 | 8 | 13.3 |
| Cervical cancer screening | 3 | 6.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 5.0 |
| Others | 3 | 6.8 | 1 | 6.2 | 4 | 6.7 |
| Histology | ||||||
| Type of carcinoma | ||||||
| Squamous cell carcinoma | 22 | 50.0 | 22 | 36.6 | ||
| Adenocarcinoma | 18 | 40.9 | 18 | 30.0 | ||
| Others | 4 | 9.1 | 4 | 6.7 | ||
| Type of sarcoma | ||||||
| Embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma | 8 | 50.0 | 8 | 13.3 | ||
| Endometrial stromal sarcoma | 4 | 25.0 | 4 | 6.7 | ||
| Others | 4 | 25.0 | 4 | 6.7 | ||
| Stage | ||||||
| I | 26 | 59.1 | 14 | 87.5 | 40 | 66.7 |
| II | 13 | 29.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 13 | 21.7 |
| III | 2 | 4.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 3.3 |
| IV | 3 | 6.8 | 2 | 12.5 | 5 | 8.3 |
| Surgery | ||||||
| Conization | 3 | 6.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 5.0 |
| Radical trachelectomy | 8 | 18.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 13.3 |
| Radical hysterectomy | 20 | 45.5 | 1 | 6.3 | 21 | 35.0 |
| Polypectomy | 0 | 0.0 | 15 | 93.8 | 15 | 25.0 |