Open AccessInfluence of the New FIGO Classification for Cervical Cancer on Patient Survival: A Retrospective Analysis of 265 Histologically Confirmed Cases with FIGO Stages IA to IIB
Author(s) -
Amelie de Gregorio,
Peter Widschwendter,
Florian Ebner,
Twp Friedl,
Jens Huober,
Wolfgang Janni,
Nikolaus de Gregorio
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.987
H-Index - 98
eISSN - 1423-0232
pISSN - 0030-2414
DOI - 10.1159/000503149
Subject(s) - medicine , stage (stratigraphy) , cervical cancer , lymph node , oncology , lymph node metastasis , retrospective cohort study , cancer , metastasis , gynecology , paleontology , biology
At the end of the year 2018, a new FIGO classification for cervical cancer was published, mainly revising stage IB and introducing a new stage IIIC, which includes irrespectively of tumor size and local spread all patients with lymph node metastasis.