ABSTRACT
The surgical specimens of ninety-eight patients with cervical carcinoma Stage IB to IIA who underwent radical hysterectomy with pelvic lymphadenectomy at the Philippine General Hospital from February, 1990 to August, 1992 were examined tod etermine tumor diameter, tumor volume, and cervical stromal invasion for the purpose of determining 1) the interrelationship of tumor diameter, tumor volume and cervical stromal invasion; 2) the use of the above factors to predict lymph node metastasis and tumor recurrence; 3) the use of these three prognostic variables plus lumph node metastasis to predict recurrence rate; 4) to detemine the relationship between lymph node involvement and recurrence rateUsing multivariate dicriminant analysis, the following were noted: 1) There is a very significant positive relationship among the three prognostic factors, 2) Among the three variables, only tumor diameter and stromal invasion were significant in predicting lymph node metastasis. 3) All these three variables - tumor diameter, tumor volume and cervical stromal invasion have significant relationship with tumor recurrence. 4) The presence of lymph node involvement, when added to the three variables mentioned, contributed significantly in predicting recurrence rate. Using chi-square test, 5) the presence of lymph node metastasis significantly correlates with tunor recurrence.