[Prognostic value of histological variants of adenosquamous carcinoma of the corpus uteri].

A relationship between histologically-established degree of tumor differentiation and survival was studied in 72 cases of adenosquamous cancer of the uterus (33 well-differentiated and 39 poorly-differentiated adenosquamous carcinoma). The distribution of 5-year survival rates was as follows: well-differentiated endometrial adenocarcinoma-94.6, well-differentiated adenosquamous carcinoma-88.3 and moderately-differentiated carcinoma of the endometrium-75.4 per cent. Five-year survival rate in poorly-differentiated adenosquamous cancer group (44.9%) did not differ significantly from that of poorly-differentiated adenocarcinoma (39.7%). Histoarchitectonical peculiarities of well- and poorly-differentiated adenosquamous cancer have prognostic value and should be taken into account in morphological diagnostics of endometrial cancer.