Introduction: There is growing interest in the prognostic value of routinely performed pre-treatment blood test indices, such as the RDW or SII, with the latter combining the neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio (PLR). These indices were shown to be prognostic for survival in some malignancies. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the association between pre-treatment RDW and SII, and OS in patients treated with radiotherapy for primary localised cervical cancer. Material and Methods: This retrospective analysis included patients treated with definitive CRT between 2011 and 2017 for histopathologically confirmed FIGO 2018 stage IB2-IVA cervical cancer. Statistical analysis was performed using the Kaplan–Meier method, two-sided log-rank tests, and Cox proportional hazards models, with the AIC serving as a prediction error estimator. Results: The study group included 249 patients with a median age of 57.2 years and a median follow-up of 75.8 months. The majority were diagnosed with squamous cell carcinoma (237; 95.2%) and had FIGO stage III (211; 84.7%). Approximately half of the patients (116; 46.4%) had regional lymph node metastases. Patients with a low RDW (≤13.4%) and low SII (≤986.01) had a significantly longer OS (p = 0.001 and p = 0.002). The RDW remained as an independent prognostic factor in the multivariable model (high vs. low; HR = 2.04; 95% CI: 1.32–3.16; p = 0.001). Including RDW in the model decreased the Akaike Information Criterion from 1028.25 to 1018.15. Conclusions: The RDW is a cheap and widely available index that is simultaneously an independent prognostic factor for survival and could be used to improve pre-treatment prognosis assessments in patients with cervical cancer undergoing CRT. Available data encourage assessing the RDW as a prognostic factor in prospective trials to aid the identification of candidates for treatment escalation.

18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose-Positron Emission Tomography – Computed Tomography (18FDG-PET-CT) is commonly used for baseline clinical staging in cervical cancer. In this study, we assessed the prognostic value of standardised PET-CT parameters for the overall survival (OS) of patients treated with definitive chemoradiotherapy (CRT), or radiotherapy (RT) with subsequent brachytherapy (BT). This study included consecutive cervical cancer patients treated with definitive CRT or RT and BT, between 2011 and 2017, at a single tertiary institution. Each patient had a 18-FDG-PET-CT scan before treatment. Patients from three institutions with equal inclusion criteria were included in external validation group. The metabolic parameters of the primary tumour: standardized uptake value (SUV) derivatives, metabolic tumour volume (MTV) and total lesion glycolysis (TLG), were evaluated using the semi-automated method. Statistical analysis was conducted using the Kaplan–Meier method, log-rank tests, Cox regression models, and the Akaike Information Criterion (AIC). The study group included 198 patients treated with RT (100 %) concurrent with Cisplatin-based CT (91.4 %), and subsequent BT (99 %). The majority of patients were diagnosed with squamous cell carcinoma (96.5 %) and International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) stage III disease (84.3 %). The OS was significantly higher in patients with TLG30 below the median value (78.8 % vs. 58.9 %; p < 0.01). TLG30 remained as the only independent prognostic factor (hazard ratio 1.32,95 % confidence interval:1.12–1.56, p < 0.01). In the external validation model neither of analysed PET parameters were significant. A high TLG30 was associated with worse OS in primary cohort. However, external validation model did not confirm the clinical utility of the cervical tumour’s metabolic parameters.