<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><xml><records><record><source-app name="HighWire" version="7.x">Drupal-HighWire</source-app><ref-type name="Journal Article">17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Cheng, Xi</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Cai, Shumo</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Li, Ziting</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Tang, Meiqin</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Xue, Muquan</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Zang, Rongyu</style></author></authors><secondary-authors></secondary-authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">The Prognosis of Patients with Stage lb-llb Node-Positive Cervical Carcinoma after Radical Surgery</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Chinese Journal of Clinical Oncology</style></secondary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2004</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2004-10-01 00:00:00</style></date></pub-dates></dates><pages><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">342-347</style></pages><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1</style></volume><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">5</style></issue><abstract><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">OBJECTIVE To investigate the influence of positive lymph nodes on the prognosis for patients with stage Ib—Ilb cervical carcinoma.METHODS Sixty-six patients with stage lb-llb cervical carcinoma who underwent a radical hysterectomy and pelvic lymphadenectomy were analyzed retrospectively. The potential prognostic factors were calculated by the Cox proportional hazard model.RESULTS The 5-year survival of the patients with pelvic lymph node metastasis was 40.7%. The Cox proportional hazard model analysis showed that cellular differentiation, the number of positive nodes and adjuvant therapy were independent prognostic factors (P&lt;0.05). The 5-year survival of patients with 1 positive node was higher than that of those with 2 or more positive nodes (56.5% vs 36.4%, P&lt;0.05). The distant metastasis rate in the former group (5.9%) was lower than the latter’s (32.7%) (P=0.05). However, there was no significant difference of pelvic recurrence between the 2 groups (P&gt;0.05). The 5-year survival of the patients who had no adjuvant therapy (12.6%) was much lower than that (53.7%) of those with adjuvant therapy (P&lt;0.05). However, there no obvious differences among the effect of adjuvant radiotherapy, chemotherapy and chemoradiotherapy (P &gt;0.05).CONCLUSION The prognosis of patients with stage lb-llb node-positive cervical carcinoma who underwent radical surgery was poor. Adjuvant therapy can increase the survival rate, decrease the pelvic recurrence and distant metastasis.</style></abstract></record></records></xml>