Cervical cancer continues to be one of the most common cancers among females, being the fourth most common after breast, colorectal, and lung cancer[1]. The FIGO 2018 staging system has brought in various pathological
and radiological parameters for stage classification to guide treatment related decision making and for better prognostication.
OBJECTIVE:
The purpose of this study is to analyse the results of stage redistribution by applying 2018 International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) staging system for cervical cancer patients in a tertiary care cancer centre, who were previously staged according to
FIGO 2009.
METHODS:
Data of all cervical cancer patients who underwent various forms of treatment at our institute including surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy from Jan 2013 to Dec 2016 were collected from the Medical Records Department For this study, we re-staged all patients by the FIGO 2018 staging system
RESULTS:
The data of patients with carcinoma cervix diagnosed in the 4 years between 2013 & 2016 was tabulated according to both 2009 FIGO staging as well as 2018 FIGO staging. Significant up-staging to Stage IIIC1 & IIIC2 was noted. (Table 1& 2)
CONCLUSION: The current FIGO 2018 staging system for cervical cancer appears to be useful for predicting survival in patients considering radiological and pathological variables. As per our study, majority of the cancer cervix patients fall into a single subgroup – III C1; this, in a country were already most patients present with advanced disease, will skew the data further. Stage III C1 cervical cancer is not homogenous; sub classification within stage IIIC1 may result in better prognostication.
Prognostic value of the 2018 FIGO staging system for cervical cancer patients with surgical risk factors
