Adenocarcinoma of the uterine cervix: characteristics of its pathogenesis, clinical picture and diagnosis
Vishnevskaia, E.E.; Shelkovich, S.E.
Voprosy Onkologii 34(2): 181-186
1988
ISSN/ISBN: 0507-3758 PMID: 3348009 Document Number: 319994
The paper discusses the data on 262 cases of cervical carcinoma (adenocarcinoma--138; squamous cell carcinoma--124). The pathogenetic and clinical characteristics, particularly localization, growth and dissemination, of the two malignancies were compared. More than a third of cervical carcinoma patients revealed disturbances in fat and carbohydrate metabolism and ovarian and menstrual function. The endometrium and ovaries were involved in half of them. No such involvement was observed in squamous cell carcinoma patients. Nor any significant disorders occurred in the neuroendocrine system. The hormone dependence of cervical adenocarcinoma and the common nature of its pathogenetic features and those of adenocarcinoma of the endometrium are suggested.