Abstract
OBJECTIVE To investigate the influence of positive lymph nodes on the prognosis for patients with stage Ib-IIb cervical carcinoma. METHODS Sixty-six patients with stage Ib~llb cervical carcinoma who underwent a radical hysterectomy and pelvic lymphadenectomy were analyzed retrospectively. The potential prognostic factors were calculated by the Cox proportional hazard model. RESULTS The 5-year survival of the patients with pelvic lymph node metastasis was 40.7%. The Cox proportional hazard model analysis showed that cellular differentiation, the number of positive nodes and adjuvant therapy were independent prognostic factors ( P 0.05). The 5-year survival of the patients who had no adjuvant therapy (12.6%) was much lower than that (53.7%) of those with adjuvant therapy (P 0.05). CONCLUSION The prognosis of patients with stage Ib~llb node-positive cervical carcinoma who underwent radical surgery was poor. Adjuvant therapy can increase the survival rate, decrease the pelvic recurrence and distant metastasis.
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