Introduction:
The aim of the study was to evaluate the prognostic significance of histopathological differentiation in treatment outcome of locally advanced carcinoma cervix.
Materials and Methods:
This retrospective study includes 167 patients of locally advanced carcinoma cervix treated between January 2006 and December 2008 who have received definitive chemoradiation.
Results:
: The number of patients with well (85 [50.9%]) and moderately differentiated (76 [45.5%]) carcinoma was nearly equal with poorly differentiated variety having only 6 (3.6%) patients. On completion of treatment out of the 167 patients, 133 (79.6%) had a complete response and 34 (20.4%) had residual disease. On mean follow-up of 11 months, 19 (14.2%) patients had local and 5 (3.7%) had a distant relapse. Histopathological differentiation and age had no association with treatment outcome, whereas early-stage disease showed trend favoring better treatment response.
Conclusion:
Advanced stage along with poor histopathological differentiation influences the aggressiveness of the tumor responsible for distant relapse. However, histopathological differentiation has no correlation with local treatment response and overall survival. The main factor influencing the treatment outcome is the intrinsic radiosensitivity of the tumor and volume of the disease.
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