Autor: |
Hyerim Eum, Yoon-Kyung Shin, Ju-Hyun Kim, Yong Man Kim, Jong-Hyeok Kim, Dae-Shik Suh, Dae-Yeon Kim, Jeong-Yeol Park |
Jazyk: |
angličtina |
Rok vydání: |
2024 |
Předmět: |
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Zdroj: |
Clinical and Experimental Obstetrics & Gynecology, Vol 51, Iss 7, p 170 (2024) |
Druh dokumentu: |
article |
ISSN: |
0390-6663 |
DOI: |
10.31083/j.ceog5107170 |
Popis: |
Background: This study aimed to assess the feasibility and efficacy of neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACT) in treating patients with high-grade neuroendocrine carcinoma of the uterine cervix (HGNEC). Methods: We performed a retrospective case-control study at Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea, from January 1993 to December 2017, involving 60 patients with surgically treated HGNEC. Thirteen patients (21.7%) received NACT before undergoing surgery. Regarding the comparison between the group that underwent NACT and the group that did not, we used a propensity score-matched analysis, matching 22 patients in the primary radical surgery group with 11 patients in the neoadjuvant chemotherapy followed by radical hysterectomy group. Results: In the entire cohort, primary open surgery was more common in the primary surgery group compared to the NACT group (p = 0.004). After propensity score matching (PSM), the median tumor size was 3.5 cm in the primary surgery group and 2.4 cm in the NACT group (p = 0.078). After matching, there was no significant difference in the recurrence rate between the two groups (63.6% in the primary surgery group vs. 63.6% in the neoadjuvant chemotherapy group, p = 0.782). After PSM, the primary surgery group exhibited a lower intraoperative transfusion rate (10%) than the NACT group (45.5%, p = 0.052). Conclusions: While NACT was feasible in patients with HGNEC, it did not significantly improve the survival rate over primary radical surgery. |
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