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Glassy cell carcinoma of the cervix cytologic and clinicopathologic analysis
Author(s) -
Pak Hyun Y.,
Yokota Susan B.,
Paladugu Rao R.,
Agliozzo Carl M.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(19830715)52:2<307::aid-cncr2820520219>3.0.co;2-y
Subject(s) - medicine , incidence (geometry) , cytology , carcinoma , differential diagnosis , pathology , disease , metastasis , cervix , survival analysis , cancer , physics , optics
A clinicopathologic analysis of 15 patients with glassy cell carcinoma confirmed that this is a rare disease, having an incidence of 1.2%. It is a rapidly progressive and biologically aggressive disease with early extrapelvic metastasis. The five‐year survival and the median survival in our series were 28% and 14 months, respectively. The majority of patients (87%) were understaged, which may have played a role in the poor prognosis. Four of 12 patients (33%) were initially diagnosed as having a benign disease (false‐negatives). Defining of cytologic characteristics and differential features of this tumor may facilitate an early and more accurate diagnosis to improve prognosis. Cancer 52:307‐312, 1983.