Inclusion and exclusion criteria
The inclusion criteria were as follows: (1) age > 18 years
old; (2) FIGO stage IB1; (3) squamous cell carcinoma, adenocarcinoma or
adenosquamous cell carcinoma; (4) QM type B or type C hysterectomy +
pelvic lymphadenectomy ± para-abdominal aortic lymphadenectomy; (5)
available survival outcomes; (6) no preoperative treatments; and (7)
standard postoperative adjuvant treatment after operation.
The exclusion criteria were as follows: (1) pregnancy; (2) cervical
stump cancer; (3) combined with other malignant tumors; and (4) did not
meet the inclusion criteria.