Table 1.
Data summary (N = 4,343)
Parameter | Description* | |
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Age at surgery | 46 (± 12); 44 (37–54) | |
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Type of uterine/cervical procedure | Conization | 281 (6.5%) |
Radical hysterectomy | 3,480 (80.2%) | |
Radical parametrectomy | 10 (0.2%) | |
Radical trachelectomy | 146 (3.4%) | |
Simple hysterectomy | 398 (9.2%) | |
Trachelectomy | 25 (0.6%) | |
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Not available (% of total) | 3 (0.1%) | |
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Type of parametrial resection | A | 702 (16.9%) |
B | 774 (18.6%) | |
C1 | 1,742 (41.9%) | |
C2 | 935 (22.5%) | |
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Not available (% of total) | 190 (4.4%) | |
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Surgical approach | Open | 2,578 (59.5%) |
Laparoscopic | 964 (22.2%) | |
Robotic | 428 (9.9%) | |
Vaginal | 219 (5.1%) | |
Combined | 146 (3.4%) | |
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Not available (% of total) | 8 (0.2%) | |
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Neoadjuvant therapy | No | 4,164 (95.9%) |
Yes | 179 (4.1%) | |
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Sentinel lymph node biopsy performed (including ultrastaging) | No | 3,342 (77.0%) |
Yes | 1,001 (23.0%) | |
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Pelvic lymphadenectomy performed | No | 567 (13.1%) |
Yes | 3,776 (86.9%) | |
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Paraaortic lymphadenectomy performed | No | 3,655 (84.2%) |
Yes | 688 (15.8%) | |
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Number of pelvic LN retrieved | (if > 0, n = 3,771) | 25 (± 13); 23 (16–32) |
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Number of paraaortic LN retrieved | (if > 0, n = 632) | 11 (± 8); 9 (5–14) |
Number of positive pelvic LN | (if > 0, n = 643) | 3 (± 3); 2 (1–3) |
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Number of positive paraaortic LN | (if > 0, n = 50) | 5 (± 7); 2 (1–6) |
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Number of positive pelvic + paraaortic LN | (if > 0, n = 650) | 3 (± 5); 2 (1–3) |
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Largest type of metastasis in LN (if number of positive LN > 0; n = 650) | Isolated tumour cells | 27 (4.2%) |
Micrometastasis | 89 (13.7%) | |
Macrometastasis | 534 (82.2%) | |
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Pathologic T stage (pT) | 1a1 | 550 (12.7%) |
1a2 | 421 (9.7%) | |
1b1 | 2,709 (62.4%) | |
1b2 | 321 (7.4%) | |
2a1 | 155 (3.6%) | |
2a2 | 39 (0.9%) | |
2b | 148 (3.4%) | |
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Maximal pathologic tumour diameter | < 0.5 cm | 711 (16.4%) |
0.5–1.99 cm | 1,723 (39.7%) | |
2–3.99 cm | 1,349 (31.1%) | |
≥ 4 cm | 560 (12.9%) | |
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Tumour histotype | Adenocancer | 1,072 (24.7%) |
Adenosquamous | 206 (4.8%) | |
Neuroendocrine | 43 (1.0%) | |
Squamous | 2,966 (68.4%) | |
Other | 49 (1.2%) | |
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Not available (% of total) | 7 (0.2%) | |
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Grade | 1 | 599 (19.1%) |
2 | 1,628 (51.8%) | |
3 | 917 (29.2%) | |
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Not available (% of total) | 1,199 (27.6%) | |
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LVSI | No | 1,949 (55.6%) |
Yes | 1,556 (44.4%) | |
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Not available (% of total) | 838 (19.3%) | |
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Adjuvant therapy | No | 2,821 (65.0%) |
Yes | 1,522 (35.0%) | |
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Adjuvant therapy type (N = 1,522) | CRT | 743 (48.8%) |
CT | 68 (4.5%) | |
NACT/RT and CT/outback | 7 (0.5%) | |
RT | 704 (46.3%) | |
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Cervical cancer recurrence | No | 3,815 (87.8%) |
Yes | 528 (12.2%) | |
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Recurrence type (if recurrence = yes; n = 528) | Isolated | 322 (61.9%) |
Multiple | 198 (38.1%) | |
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Not available (% of n) | 8 (1.5%) | |
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Recurrence localization (if recurrence = yes; n = 528) | Pelvic | 240 (46.3%) |
Distant | 149 (28.8%) | |
Combined | 129 (24.9%) | |
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Not available (% of n) | 10 (1.9%) | |
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Recurrence diagnosis (if recurrence = yes; n = 528) | Follow-up visit | 338 (72.7%) |
Unscheduled | 127 (27.3%) | |
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Not available (% of n) | 63 (11.9%) | |
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Symptoms at recurrence (if recurrence = yes; n = 528) | Asymptomatic | 189 (40.9%) |
Symptomatic | 273 (59.1%) | |
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Not available (% of n) | 66 (12.5%) | |
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Recurrence treatment modality (if recurrence = yes; n = 528) | CRT | 115 (24.0%) |
CT | 180 (37.6%) | |
RT | 43 (9.0%) | |
Surgery | 37 (7.7%) | |
Surgery + RT/CRT/CT | 77 (16.1%) | |
No treatment | 23 (4.8%) | |
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Not available (% of n) | 43 (10.1%) | |
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Disease status at last FU visit | Alive with disease | 144 (3.3%) |
Died of other cause | 46 (1.1%) | |
Died of disease | 251 (5.8%) | |
No evidence of disease | 3,902 (89.8%) |
Categorical variables are described by absolute and relative frequencies (% are based on available data only), mean (± SD) and median (25th–75th percentile) are shown for continuous variables.
CRT: chemoradiotherapy; CT: chemotherapy; LN: lymph node; NACT: neoadjuvant chemotherapy; RT: radiotherapy.