Should the Number of Metastatic Pelvic Lymph Nodes be Integrated into the 2018 Figo Staging Classification of Early Stage Cervical Cancer?

Luigi Pedone AnchoraVittoria CarboneValerio GallottaFrancesco FanfaniFrancesco CosentinoLuigi Carlo TurcoCamilla FedeleNicolò BizzarriGiovanni ScambiaGabriella Ferrandina

Published in: Cancers (2020)

Using a cut-off value of 2, the number of MPLNs could better predict prognostic outcomes within stage IIIC1 cervical cancer and have potential implications for therapeutic decision-making in the treatment of patients with stage IIIC1 CC.

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