[Cervical cancer in the young woman]

Contracept Fertil Sex. 1994 Jun;22(6):405-9.
[Article in French]

Abstract

Uterine cervix carcinoma is considered by some authors to carry a poor prognosis in young patients (< 35 years of age). From 10 years, many series have been published with divergent conclusions. However, a group of patients with poor prognosis could be individualized; age < 30 years, locally aggressive tumour, poorly differentiated, nodal involvement, amplification of c-Myc proto-oncogene. New imaging technics and coelioscopy could help to the diagnosis. The role of combined treatment remains to be demonstrated and biological factors (kinetics, oxygenation) will help in the future to more adapted treatments.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Age Factors
  • Brachytherapy
  • Carcinoma, Squamous Cell* / diagnosis
  • Carcinoma, Squamous Cell* / epidemiology
  • Carcinoma, Squamous Cell* / therapy
  • Combined Modality Therapy
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Hysterectomy
  • Neoplasm Staging
  • Prognosis
  • Proto-Oncogene Mas
  • Risk Factors
  • Survival Rate
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Uterine Cervical Neoplasms* / diagnosis
  • Uterine Cervical Neoplasms* / epidemiology
  • Uterine Cervical Neoplasms* / therapy