Cancer · 1972 · 26 citations · 2 references
MedicineGynecologyOncologyChemotherapyMetastasisNeoplasiaCervical CancerCervical Lymph Node MetastasisLymph Node MetastasisLymphatic MetastasisMalignant NeoplasmsMetastatic Cervical Lymph Node DiseaseCervical Cancer ChemotherapyInvasive Cervical CarcinomaMetastatic Cervical CancerMetastatic Neck DiseaseMetastatic Tumors To The NeckNeck MetastasisNeck Node MetastasisSupraclavicular Lymph Nodes
Eighteen of 746 women with invasive carcinoma of the cervix uteri who died had metastases to the cervical supraclavicular lymph nodes at the time of death; this is an incidence of 2.4%. The rate had no correlation with the staging of the primary tumors. Commonly, the patient had metastases to the chest, or other parts of the body, concomitantly with spread to the supraclavicular area. Two thirds of the women were dead in less than 6 months. The majority died of cachexia, uremia, hepatic failure, and cardiac disease, in that order. It appears that chemotherapy may prolong the life of these unfortunate women beyond one year after metastases appear in the neck.
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