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SUCCOR quality: validation of ESGO quality indicators for surgical treatment of cervical cancer

03-oct-2022 | Revista: International Journal of Gynecological Cancer

Felix Boria  1 , Luis Chiva  2 , Enrique Chacon  3 , Vanna Zanagnolo  4 , Anna Fagotti  5   6 , Ali Kucukmetin  7 , Constantijne Mom  8 , Galina Chakalova  9 , Aliyev Shamistan  10 , Mario Malzoni  11 , Fabrice Narducci  12 , Octavio Arencibia  13 , Francesco Raspagliesi  14 , Tayfun Toptas  15 , David Cibula  16 , Dilyara Kaidarova  17 , Mehmet Mutlu Meydanli  18 , Mariana Tavares  19 , Dmytro Golub  20 , Anna Myriam Perrone  21 , Robert Poka  22 , Petra L M Zusterzeel  23 , Igor Aluloski  24 , Frederic Goffin  25 , Dimitrios Haidopoulos  26 , Herman Haller  27 , Robert Jach  28 , Iryna Yezhova  29 , Margarida Bernardino  30 , Rasiah Bharathan  31 , Minna M Maenpaa  32 , Vladyslav Sukhin  33   34 , Jean-Guillaume Feron  35 , Robert Fruscio  36   37 , Kersti Kukk  38 , Jordi Ponce  39 , Fuat Demirkiran  40 , George Vorgias  41 , Natalia Povolotskaya  42 , Pluvio J Coronado Martín  43 , Tiermes Marina  44 , Ignacio Zapardiel  45 , Nicolò Bizzarri  46 , Mikel Gorostidi  47 , Monica Gutierrez  1 , Nabil Manzour  3 , Arantxa Berasaluce  48 , Nerea Martin-Calvo  49 ; SUCCOR study Group


Objective: To evaluate whether compliance with European Society of Gynaecological Oncology (ESGO) surgery quality indicators impacts disease-free survival in patients undergoing radical hysterectomy for cervical cancer.

Methods: In this retrospective cohort study, 15 ESGO quality indicators were assessed in the SUCCOR database (patients who underwent radical hysterectomy for International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) stage 2009 IB1, FIGO 2018 IB1, and IB2 cervical cancer between January 2013 and December 2014), and the final score ranged between 0 and 16 points. Centers with more than 13 points were classified as high-quality indicator compliance centers. We constructed a weighted cohort using inverse probability weighting to adjust for the variables. We compared disease-free survival and overall survival using Cox proportional hazards regression analysis in the weighted cohort.

Results: A total of 838 patients were included in the study. The mean number of quality indicators compliance in this cohort was 13.6 (SD 1.45). A total of 479 (57.2%) patients were operated on at high compliance centers and 359 (42.8%) patients at low compliance centers. High compliance centers performed more open surgeries (58.4% vs 36.7%, p<0.01). Women who were operated on at centers with high compliance with quality indicators had a significantly lower risk of relapse (HR=0.39; 95% CI 0.25 to 0.61; p<0.001). The association was reduced, but remained significant, after further adjustment for conization, surgical approach, and use of manipulator surgery (HR=0.48; 95% CI 0.30 to 0.75; p=0.001) and adjustment for adjuvant therapy (HR=0.47; 95% CI 0.30 to 0.74; p=0.001). Risk of death from disease was significantly lower in women operated on at centers with high adherence to quality indicators (HR=0.43; 95% CI 0.19 to 0.97; p=0.041). However, the association was not significant after adjustment for conization, surgical approach, use of manipulator surgery, and adjuvant therapy.

Conclusions: Patients with early cervical cancer who underwent radical hysterectomy in centers with high compliance with ESGO quality indicators had a lower risk of recurrence and death.

CITA DEL ARTÍCULO Int J Gynecol Cancer. 2022 Oct 3;32(10):1236-1243. doi: 10.1136/ijgc-2022-003790