Abstract
Introduction
Although the incidence of cancer cervix has reduced in India during the last two decades, still most of the patients presenting in tertiary care centers are in advanced stages.
Material and Methods
At this center, we see 6% of cancer cervix cases every year, and most of these cases are in stage III and IVa. All these patients have squamous cell carcinoma and were treated with a combination of external and intracavitary radiotherapy along with concurrent cisplatin given once weekly. Eighty-nine point nine % patients had achieved a complete response.
Results
Local recurrence was seen in 17.9% at a median duration of 10.5 months, and 8.17% developed distant metastasis involving lung, liver, bone, and supraclavicular lymph nodes. Three patients developed metastasis at unusual sites involving breast, paraspinal muscles, and duodenum which are very rarely involved. These patients were treated with chemotherapy using carboplatin and Paclitaxel combination but succumbed within 8–10 months of development of metastasis.
Conclusion
The cause of involvement of these unusual sites is not clear, but it may be hematological spread, and we want to share these reports such that these sites are seen during follow-up of patients of cancer cervix.
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Mehlam Kausar is a Registrar in the Department of Radiotherapy, Sri Aurobindo institute of Medical Science; Ayush Naik is a Registrar in the Department of Radiotherapy, Sri Aurobindo institute of Medical Science; Manika Batra is a Registrar in the Department of Radiotherapy, Sri Aurobindo institute of Medical Science; Virendra Bhandari is a Professor in the Roentgen-SAIMS Radiation Oncology Centre, Sri Aurobindo institute of Medical Science.
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Bhandari, V., Kausar, M., Naik, A. et al. Unusual Metastasis from Carcinoma Cervix. J Obstet Gynecol India 66, 358–362 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13224-015-0692-y
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