CANCER OF THE UTERINE CERVIX IN YOUNG-WOMEN - A RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS OF 337 CASES

A retrospective study of 337 cases of cervix cancers in women aged 35 years and under, treated between 1980-1990 at the Ibn Rochd Oncology C enter in Casablanca, war analyzed in order to determine the main chara cteristics of this disease and the influence of age on prognosis The i ncidence of these cases was stable throughout the II years study perio d with a mean of 7.4% of all cervix cancers The rate of early sexual a ctivity in age under 18 years was particularly high, with 80%, of whic h 45.4% before the puberty. The advanced cases were predominating (58. 2%). Earlier cases were treated with combined radiotherapy and surgery and advanced cases with radiotherapy alone. Overall survival rate was 41% at 5 years. It was 45.2% fot the these younger women was especial ly poor in tumoral volume more than 3 cm, in advanced cases, in undiff erenciated carcinoma and in cases of lymph nod involvement The compara tive analysis of all prognostic factors in function of the age had per mitted to show that women aged 31-35 years old have been a good progno sis concerning survival at 5 years, in regard to women less 30 years.