Table 1 Clinical characteristics for all patients.

From: Optimal pathological response indicated better long-term outcome among patients with stage IB2 to IIB cervical cancer submitted to neoadjuvant chemotherapy

Characteristics

Retrospective study(n = 853)

Prospective cohort study(n = 603)

No.

%

No.

%

Age(25th–75th percentiles) (year)

 Median

44

45

 Range

39–50

41–51

Age (year)

 20–30

36

4.2

18

3.0

 30–40

218

25.6

126

20.9

 40–50

403

47.2

306

50.6

 50–60

165

19.3

131

21.6

 60–70

31

3.6

22

3.6

Tumor size(25th–75th percentiles) (cm)

 Median

4.0

4.0

 Range

3.5–5.0

3.0–5.0

Tumor grade

 G1

58

6.8

42

7.0

 G2

354

41.5

242

40.1

 G3

240

28.1

185

30.7

 Undetermined

201

23.6

134

22.2

FIGO stage

 IB2

220

25.8

134

22.2

 IIA

265

31.1

129

21.4

 IIB

368

43.1

340

56.4

Cell type

 Squamous

756

88.6

533

88.4

 Non-squamous

91

10.7

60

10.0

 Unknown

6

0.7

10

1.6

Pathological response

 OPR

64

7.5

56

9.3

 non-OPR

789

92.5

542

89.9

 Unknown

  

5

0.8

  1. FIGO, International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics.