“…Majority of patients with cervical cancer are symptomatic at the time of recurrence, with pain, bleeding, cough and ileus as the most prevalent symptoms. 3,[17][18][19] It was previously shown that recurrences in asymptomatic patients are more likely to be small, limited to one location, and tend to be found in patients with good functional status, thus with overall better prognosis and expected longer survival after recurrence. 20,21 Also in our study, asymptomatic recurrences were frequently localized in pelvis and were associated with significant PR-DSS benefit.…”