Abstract
The overwhelming majority of cervical cancer cases will be either squamous cell or adenocarcinoma. In a National Cancer Database study of cervical cancer in the United States, 79.5% of cervical cancer cases consisted of the squamous cell subtype, 19.0% were adenocarcinoma, and 1.5% were high-grade neuroendocrine carcinoma. These estimates round to 100% meaning that there are very few cervical cancer cases of the ultra-rare subtypes such as rhabdomyosarcoma, clear cell carcinoma, adenoid cystic carcinoma, or verrucous carcinoma. In fact, the majority of the literature for these subtypes comes from case reports of single patients, small case series that span decades, and population database studies whose data sources lack the details necessary to make any specific treatment recommendations. In this chapter, we will review these ultra-rare subtypes and attempt to make recommendations for treatment based on the current literature as well as drawing from similar histologic subtypes from other primary tumor sites.
Original language | English (US) |
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Title of host publication | Diagnosis and Treatment of Rare Gynecologic Cancers |
Publisher | Elsevier |
Pages | 253-263 |
Number of pages | 11 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9780323829380 |
ISBN (Print) | 9780323829397 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 1 2023 |
Keywords
- adenoid cystic carcinoma
- Cervical cancer
- chemotherapy surgery
- radiation therapy
- radical hysterectomy
- rhabdomyosarcoma
- verrucous carcinoma
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Medicine