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| Anatomy | Abstracting, Coding, & Staging | Treat. | Exercise || Go to Endometrial C. || | |||||||||
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(from the National Cancer Institute's Physician Data Query system, July 2002)
Adenocarcinomas of the cervix have a worse prognosis than squamous cell cancers.
| Squamous Cell Carcinoma | Adenocarcinoma | |
| Stage 0 | 100% | 100% |
| Stage I | 60 - 85% | 65 - 75% |
| Stage II | 40 - 60% | 30 - 40% |
| Stage III | up to 40% | 20 - 30% |
| Stage IV | < 15% | < 10% |
