“…The literature describes a variety of risk factors for recurrence of carcinoma of the uterine cervix in its initial stages, such as the presence of metastases in lymph nodes, tumor size, depth of invasion into the cervical stroma, invasion of the parametrium, histological type, degree of cell differentiation, blood capillary embolization and lymphatic capillary embolization, among others. 8 The intensity of the inflammatory reaction in the uterine cervix consequent to carcinoma has been indicated as a risk factor for recurrence. If on the one hand some authors have observed increased risk of recurrence when the inflammatory reaction was weak, 9 - 21 others have described discordant results.…”