Open AccessAdenosquamous Carcinoma of the Uterine Cervix – Impact of Histology on Clinical Management
Author(s) -
Angel Yordanov,
Stoyan Kostov,
Stanislav Slavchev,
Strahil Strashilov,
Assia Konsoulova,
Jean CallejaAgius,
Riccardo Di Fiore,
Sherif Suleiman,
Paul Kubelac,
Cătălin Vlad,
Patriciu Achimaș-Cădariu,
Mariela Vasileva-Slaveva
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
cancer management and research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.024
H-Index - 40
ISSN - 1179-1322
DOI - 10.2147/cmar.s311326
Subject(s) - medicine , adenosquamous carcinoma , incidence (geometry) , cancer registry , cervical cancer , lymph node , stage (stratigraphy) , cervix , cancer , carcinoma , epidemiology , gynecology , adenocarcinoma , paleontology , physics , optics , biology
Historically, the incidence rate of cervical cancer (CC) in Eastern Europe and particularly in Bulgaria has constantly been higher than that in the other European countries. Adenosquamous carcinoma (ASC) is a rare histological subtype of CC with incidence rate of less than 6 per 100,000. We aimed to analyze the epidemiology and prognosis of all Bulgarian patients with ASC, registered at the Bulgarian National Cancer Registry (BNCR), and to compare patients' characteristics and outcomes with those of patients, treated at a large specialized institution - the Department of Gynecologic Oncology, University Hospital in Pleven, Bulgaria.