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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Apr 16.
Published before final editing as: Eur J Cancer. 2021 Oct 16;158:111–122. doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2021.09.008

Table 1.

Data summary (N = 4,343)

Parameter Description*

Age at surgery 46 (± 12); 44 (37–54)

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%)

Not available (% of total) 3 (0.1%)

Type of parametrial resection A 702 (16.9%)
B 774 (18.6%)
C1 1,742 (41.9%)
C2 935 (22.5%)

Not available (% of total) 190 (4.4%)

Surgical approach Open 2,578 (59.5%)
Laparoscopic 964 (22.2%)
Robotic 428 (9.9%)
Vaginal 219 (5.1%)
Combined 146 (3.4%)

Not available (% of total) 8 (0.2%)

Neoadjuvant therapy No 4,164 (95.9%)
Yes 179 (4.1%)

Sentinel lymph node biopsy performed (including ultrastaging) No 3,342 (77.0%)
Yes 1,001 (23.0%)

Pelvic lymphadenectomy performed No 567 (13.1%)
Yes 3,776 (86.9%)

Paraaortic lymphadenectomy performed No 3,655 (84.2%)
Yes 688 (15.8%)

Number of pelvic LN retrieved (if > 0, n = 3,771) 25 (± 13); 23 (16–32)

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)

Number of positive paraaortic LN (if > 0, n = 50) 5 (± 7); 2 (1–6)

Number of positive pelvic + paraaortic LN (if > 0, n = 650) 3 (± 5); 2 (1–3)

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%)

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%)

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%)

Tumour histotype Adenocancer 1,072 (24.7%)
Adenosquamous 206 (4.8%)
Neuroendocrine 43 (1.0%)
Squamous 2,966 (68.4%)
Other 49 (1.2%)

Not available (% of total) 7 (0.2%)

Grade 1 599 (19.1%)
2 1,628 (51.8%)
3 917 (29.2%)

Not available (% of total) 1,199 (27.6%)

LVSI No 1,949 (55.6%)
Yes 1,556 (44.4%)

Not available (% of total) 838 (19.3%)

Adjuvant therapy No 2,821 (65.0%)
Yes 1,522 (35.0%)

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%)

Cervical cancer recurrence No 3,815 (87.8%)
Yes 528 (12.2%)

Recurrence type (if recurrence = yes; n = 528) Isolated 322 (61.9%)
Multiple 198 (38.1%)

Not available (% of n) 8 (1.5%)

Recurrence localization (if recurrence = yes; n = 528) Pelvic 240 (46.3%)
Distant 149 (28.8%)
Combined 129 (24.9%)

Not available (% of n) 10 (1.9%)

Recurrence diagnosis (if recurrence = yes; n = 528) Follow-up visit 338 (72.7%)
Unscheduled 127 (27.3%)

Not available (% of n) 63 (11.9%)

Symptoms at recurrence (if recurrence = yes; n = 528) Asymptomatic 189 (40.9%)
Symptomatic 273 (59.1%)

Not available (% of n) 66 (12.5%)

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%)

Not available (% of n) 43 (10.1%)

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.