A 104-year-old woman with advanced cervical carcinoma of the uterus

Gynecol Oncol. 2004 Feb;92(2):713-5. doi: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2003.10.035.

Abstract

Background: Treatment of elderly patient with advanced cancer includes considerable problems because of their limited life expectancy.

Case: A 104-year-old woman with FIGO stage IIIB uterine cervical carcinoma treated with external beam radiotherapy and high dose-rate brachytherapy. After the treatment, the serum squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) antigen had fallen to normal level. She is now living 66 months after the treatment without recurrent symptoms.

Conclusion: In this specific case, the significance of this treatment is that the patient is surviving at the age of 109.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Antigens, Neoplasm / blood
  • Brachytherapy
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Serpins*
  • Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / blood
  • Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / radiotherapy*

Substances

  • Antigens, Neoplasm
  • Serpins
  • squamous cell carcinoma-related antigen