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SynthesisStrahlentherapie und Onkologie : Organ der Deutschen Rontgengesellschaft ... [et al]2025

Cardiac metastasis in uterine cervical cancer : A systematic review and case study.

I-M Simek, A Sturdza, J Knoth, A Spannbauer, J Bergler-Klein, M Vögele-Kadletz, J Widder, M P Schmid

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Synthesis in Strahlentherapie und Onkologie : Organ der Deutschen Rontgengesellschaft ... [et al], 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

I-M SimekDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Medical University of Vienna, General Hospital of Vienna, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, 1090, Vienna, Austria.ORCID 0000-0002-5414-6633
A SturdzaDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Medical University of Vienna, General Hospital of Vienna, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, 1090, Vienna, Austria.ORCID 0000-0002-0527-564X
J KnothDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Medical University of Vienna, General Hospital of Vienna, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, 1090, Vienna, Austria.ORCID 0000-0002-0704-9910
A SpannbauerDepartment of Cardiology, Medical University of Vienna, General Hospital of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.ORCID 0000-0002-9819-0361
J Bergler-KleinDepartment of Cardiology, Medical University of Vienna, General Hospital of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.ORCID 0000-0003-2591-1380
M Vögele-KadletzDepartment of Cardiac Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, General Hospital of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
J WidderDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Medical University of Vienna, General Hospital of Vienna, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, 1090, Vienna, Austria.ORCID 0000-0002-9972-6690
M P SchmidDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Medical University of Vienna, General Hospital of Vienna, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, 1090, Vienna, Austria. maximilian.a.schmid@meduniwien.ac.at.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeCardiac metastasis from cervical cancer is rare and only scarcely documented. We aim to present a new case and systematically summarize the available literature. MATERIALS AND

methodsPubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, Central, and ClinicalTrials.gov were systematically searched following the PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses) criteria. Results were screened via title, abstract, and full text. Additionally, the reference lists of all papers chosen for the review were screened.

resultsEighty-one papers were identified, describing 86 cases in total. Cardiac metastasis occurred at all stages of cervical cancer and in all age groups. Median time from initial diagnosis to diagnosis of cardiac metastasis was 12 months. Patients mainly complained of dyspnea and chest pain, 60.8% had pathologic ECG (electrocardiographic) findings. The cardiac mass was most frequently detected by transthoracic echography. The most common tumor histology was squamous cell carcinoma. Chemotherapy and surgical interventions were the main treatment modalities. Median survival after diagnosis of cardiac metastasis was 3 months.

conclusionThis largest review on cardiac metastases from cervical cancer confirmed the heart as a very infrequent site of metastasis. There are < 100 cases described in the literature, with very poor prognosis and undefined clinical management.

Indexed as

Carcinoma, Squamous CellHeart NeoplasmsUterine Cervical NeoplasmsAdultAgedCombined Modality TherapyFemaleHumansMiddle AgedArrythmiaCardiac massCardiac surgeryDyspneaThrombosis

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PMID39287630
PMCPMC11739203

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