Statistics

Question 1

Incidence of cervical cancer

Answer 1

• Cervical cancer is the 20th most common cancer in the UK.
• Cervical cancer accounts for less than 1% of all new cases in the UK.
• In the UK, cervical cancer is the 12th most common cancer, with around 3,200 cases/year.
• 52% diagnosed in females aged under 45.
• Incidence rates have decreased by 46% in Great Britain.
• Last decade has seen an increase in rates in younger women.
• The UK incidence rate is 12th lowest in Europe.
• 1 in 135 women will be diagnosed with cervical cancer during their lifetime.

Question 2

Incidence of cervical ca death

Answer 2

• More than half of cervical cancer deaths occur in women aged between 25 and 64.
• Cervical cancer death rates have decreased by 71% in the UK since the early 1970s

Question 3

Cervical ca survival

Answer 3

• 63% survive their disease for ten years or more.
• 67% survive their disease for five years or more.
• 83% survive their disease for one year or more.
• Cervical cancer survival is highest for women diagnosed aged under 40 years old.
• 9 in 10 women diagnosed aged 15-39 survive their disease for five years or more, compared with a quarter of women diagnosed aged 80 and over.
• When diagnosed at its earliest stage, around 95% of women with cervical cancer will survive their disease for five years or more, compared with 5 in 100 of women when diagnosed at the latest stage.

Question 4

Pathology reports of cervical tumours should include the following histological features

Answer 4

• Tumour type
• Tumour size
• Extent of tumour (eg involvement of the vaginal wall or parametrium) depth of invasion
• Pattern of invasion (infiltrative or cohesive invasive front)
• Lymphovascular space invasion (LVSI)
• Status of resection margins (presence of tumour and distance from margin)
• Status of lymph nodes (including site and number of nodes involved)
• Presence of pre-invasive disease.