<p>Characteristics and Treatments of Patients Aged 65 Years or Over with Cervical Cancer</p>
Although the mortality of elderly women with cervical cancer is high, their characteristics and prognosis have not attracted sufficient attention. This study aims to clarify the prognostic factors of cervical cancer patients aged ≥65. The incidences and characteristics of patients diagnosed with cervical cancer (aged ≥65 and <65) during 2004-2015 were obtained through the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program (SEER) database. The differences of distributions of characteristics between two age groups were compared by chi-squared (χ The annual incidences of two age groups with cervical cancer were (5.5-7.5)/100,000 and (3.4-3.9)/100,000, respectively, during 2004-2015. The 1-year and 5-year cancer-specific survival rates of old patients were both lower than those of young patients ( Delayed diagnosis and insufficient treatment were two distinct features of elderly patients and correlated with their poor clinical outcomes. More attention and active treatments should be adopted in elderly women based on their general condition.