Do patient psychological characteristics have minimal influence on surgical prioritization?
The psychological status of arthroplasty candidates had no significant effect on the surgical prioritization process. Allocation to the urgent list appears to be based primarily on the patient's age, but is partially influenced by patient's better physical health and viewing treatment as being effective.
The scoring system based on maximal depth of invasion, CLS, and pelvic lymph node metastases identified four strata of patients with distinct recurrence free survival. The incremental presence of each factor decreased recurrence free survival after patients underwent radical surgery. Patients with the presence of all three factors had a 5-year recurrence free survival rate of 65%. These patients would be suitable for studies of postoperative adjuvant therapy to improve outcome.