A Single-Center Retrospective Analysis To Evaluate The Prognostic Role Of Lymph Node Density In Patients With Lymph Node Positive Cervical Cancer

Introduction/Background In this analysis we evaluated the prognostic role of lymph node density (LND), i.e. the ratio of positive lymph nodes to the total number of lymph nodes removed during surgery, in nodal-positive cervical cancer (CK) patients. Methodology Out of 266 patients with CK that underwent surgery including lymphonodectomy between 2000 and 2017 at our Department for Gynecology and Obstetrics, 86 with positive lymph nodes were included. According to former study results, patients were divided into two groups with LND Results In the 86 patients, a median of 42 lymph nodes were removed (range 11–107), and a median of 2 lymph nodes (range 1–25) were found positive. 57 (66.3%) patients had a LND Conclusion LND ≥10% in patients with lymph node-positive CK is associated with a worsened DFS compared to patients with a LND Disclosure Nothing to disclose.