Gynecology & Obstetrics
Open Access
ISSN: 2161-0932
ISSN: 2161-0932
Abha Kumari
India
Research Article
Determinants of Survival of Cervical Cancer: A Hospital Based Study
Author(s): Rita Rani, Usha Singh, Vinita Trivedi, Richa Chauhan and Abha Kumari
Rita Rani, Usha Singh, Vinita Trivedi, Richa Chauhan and Abha Kumari
Globally uterine cervix cancer is one of the leading causes of death in females due to cancer, especially in developing countries. The aim of the study was to analyse the survival as well as understanding various prognostic factors for survival in patients of carcinoma cervix presenting in our hospital. A total of 508 patients were evaluated in radiotherapy department of Mahavir Cancer Sansthan and Research centre Patna, Bihar who came for follow up between April 2015 to March 2016 after completion of radical radiotherapy. Out of 508 patients 3.54% (n 18), 71.65% (n 364), 22.83% (n 116) and 1.9% (n 10) patients presented in sage I, II, III and IV A respectively. 53.54% of patients belonged to age group of 35 to 50 years with Survival of 937 ± 53.49 days. 46.46% of the patients were more than 50 years age and their survival was 933.3 ± 57.12 days. The mean duration for ov.. View More»
DOI:
10.4172/2161-0932.1000437