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Poor prognosis associated with thrombocytosis in patients with cervical cancer
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Poor prognosis associated with thrombocytosis in patients with cervical cancer

Enrique Hernandez, Marc Lavine, Charles J Dunton, Edward Gracely and Janet Parker
Cancer, v 69(12), pp 2975-2977
15 Jun 1992
PMID: 1591690
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https://doi.org/10.1002/1097-0142(19920615)69:12<2975::aid-cncr2820691218>3.0.co;2-aView
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Abstract

The medical records of 113 patients treated with radiation therapy for invasive cervical cancer between 1975 and 1985 were retrospectively reviewed. Patients with thrombocytosis (platelet count > 400,000/μ1) were compared with those with normal platelet counts. Thrombo‐cytosis was present at the initiation of therapy in 20 (17.7%) of the 113 patients. The 5‐year cumulative survival rate for the 93 patients with normal platelet counts was 65%, whereas it was 25% for the 20 with thrombocytosis (P < 0.0001, log‐rank test). Using Cox's proportional hazards model, thrombocytosis continued to correlate strongly with poor survival even when adjusted for histo‐logic type, patient age, and disease stage (P < 0.001). Thrombocytosis is an independent indicator of poor prognosis in patients with cervical cancer.

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