Predictors of distant relapse in patients with FIGO stage IIB-IVA cervical cancer treated with definitive radiotherapy.

Mika Okazawa-SakaiSeiji MabuchiFumiaki IsohashiAtsushi KawashimaEriko YokoiKazuhiko OgawaTadashi Kimura

Published in: The journal of obstetrics and gynaecology research (2017)

Roughly 28% of patients with FIGO stage IIB-IVA cervical cancer developed distant relapse after definitive RT. Pelvic lymph node metastasis and pretreatment leukocytosis/neutrophilia are independent predictors of distant relapse.

Keyphrases

lymph node metastasis
locally advanced
lymph node
free survival
squamous cell carcinoma
rectal cancer
papillary thyroid
early stage
radiation therapy
radiation induced