Supervivencia por estadio clínico de pacientes con cáncer invasivo de cérvix diagnosticadas durante el periodo enero 2008 – junio 2009 en el Instituto del Cáncer SOLCA Loja.

Abstract

The main objective of this research was to determine the overall survival of patients with invasive cervix cancer who were treated at Hospital de SOLCA Núcleo de Loja, in order to compare it to existent data. For this purpose, the database of the aforementioned healthcare institution was searched for patients diagnosed with cervical cancer and survival curves were plotted. The results of this process show that survival rates of patients with cervical cancer treated at Hospital de SOLCA-Loja, stratified by stage, are lower than those listed by American sources, but similar to the ones seen in Spain. It was also found that women with the highest risk to develop cervical cancer are housewives, between ages 46 and 60 years old, and living in urban areas of Loja city. The incidence observed in this study reveals that by the time diagnosis is made, most patients have advanced-stage disease.