[Analysis of histological type and staging of cervical cancer as prognostic factors among women treated in the Department of Gynecology and Oncology, Jagiellonian University in the years 2001-2014].

INTRODUCTION: Cervical cancer (CC) is the fourth most common, in terms of incidence of new cases, cancer in women and the third leading cause of cancer deaths in women worldwide. Survival of patients with CC depends on many factors, including the type of cancer, grading, FIGO staging and treatment.

MATERIAL AND METHODS: Analysis of survival of 524 patients diagnosed with invasive and non-invasive CC depending on histopathologic diagnosis, clinical staging, tumor grading and combination of therapy.

RESULTS: The 2-fold increase in the risk of death at diagnosis in order of HSIL> ca planoepitheliale> adenocarcinoma> sarcoma was noted. Grading 2 and 3 significantly reduces the average survival in patients diagnosed with CC. The higher staging, the shorter the average survival. Each pass by one FIGO stage was shown to increase the risk of death by 46%. The risk of death increases by 4% with every year of woman’s life. The longest average survival, 72 months, characterized a group of women undergoing curettage, followed by radical hysterectomy/ trachelectomy and lymphadenectomy without adiuvant radio-/ chemotherapy. The shortest survival, 26.9 months, was observed in the group treated with curettage followed by chemoradiation.

CONCLUSIONS: Histopathology, clinical staging, grading, age and combination of treatment proved to be significant factors affecting survival in women with CC.