Comparison of adenocarcinoma (ACA) and squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the uterine cervix in a sub-optimally screened cohort: A population-based epidemiologic study of 51,842 women in Brazil

Differences between ACA and SCC were observed for all demographic and clinical variables analyzed but not for responses to treatment and death at the end of the first course of treatment. Irrespective of the histological subtype, the quality of screening and treatment must be improved in developing countries, since initial therapeutic response of ACA and SCC is similar.