Sixteen cases of invasive carcinoma of the cervix associated with pregnancy that were treated at the Inchon Gil General Hospital from January 1978 through October 1989 were reviewed. Two of the sixteen cases treated by radical abdominal hysterectomy and pelvic lymph node dissection, fourteen of the sixteen cases treated by radiation therapy.
Age distribution of cervical cancer during pregnancy from 27 to 46 years and the average age was 36.5 years. Presenting symptoms in order of frequency were vaginal spotting(8 cases), contact bleeding(3 cases), low abdominal pain(2 cases), leukorrhea(1 cases), and two were asymptomatic. Accordig to distribution at the time of diagnosis, 8 cases were at the first trimester, 5 cases were at the second trimester, and 3 cases were diagnosed at the third trimester. According to the chinical stage, 9 cases were in stage Ⅱb, 6 cases were in stage Ⅲb, and one case was encountered in stage Ⅵ. Overall five year survival rate of sixteen patients were 46.7%.