Abstract:Objective To investigate the factors influencing the curative effect of neoadjuvant chemotherapy in patients with locally advanced cervical cancer, thereby establishing a prediction model.Methods The clinical data of 136 patients with locally advanced cervical cancer who received treatment in Xuzhou Maternal and Child Health Hospital Affiliated to Xuzhou Medical University from August 2021 to June 2023 were retrospectively analyzed. According to the efficacy of neoadjuvant chemotherapy, the patients were divided into effective group (n = 96) and ineffective group (n = 96). The clinical data of the two groups were compared. Multivariable Logistic regression analysis was used to determine the influencing factors for the efficacy of neoadjuvant chemotherapy in patients with locally advanced cervical cancer. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve was plotted to analyze the value of the prediction model for the efficacy of neoadjuvant chemotherapy in patients with locally advanced cervical cancer.Results The proportions of patients with squamous cell carcinoma, lesion size ≤ 6 cm, 2 to 3 cycles of chemotherapy, no anemia, absence of lymph node metastasis and rich blood flow through tumors in the effective group were higher than those in the ineffective group (P < 0.05). Multivariate Logistic regression analysis exhibited that squamous cell carcinoma [O^R = 2.044 (95% CI: 1.211, 3.450) ], lesion size ≤ 6 cm [O^R = 2.563 (95% CI: 1.305, 5.034) ], 2 to 3 cycles of chemotherapy [O^R = 1.845 (95% CI: 1.118, 3.045) ], no anemia [O^R = 1.229 (95% CI: 1.003, 1.506) ], absence of lymph node metastasis [O^R = 3.174 (95% CI: 1.678, 6.004) ], and rich blood flow through tumors [O^R = 2.306 (95% CI: 1.242, 4.282) ] were all factors affecting the efficacy of neoadjuvant chemotherapy in patients with locally advanced cervical cancer (P < 0.05). A prediction model for the efficacy of neoadjuvant chemotherapy in patients with locally advanced cervical cancer was established based on the multivariable Logistic regression analysis, which was expressed as Logit (P) = -32.167 + 0.715× pathological type + 0.941 × lesion size + 0.612 × chemotherapy course + 0.206× anemia + 1.155 × lymph node metastasis + 0.836× blood flow. The ROC curve analysis demonstrated that the area under the curve, sensitivity and specificity of the prediction model for the efficacy of neoadjuvant chemotherapy were 0.952 (95% CI: 0.906, 0.997), 0.896 (95% CI: 0.843, 0.956) and 0.850 (95% CI: 0.812, 0.906), respectively.Conclusions The efficacy of neoadjuvant chemotherapy in patients with locally advanced cervical cancer is affected by pathological type, lesion size, chemotherapy course, anemia, lymph node metastasis and blood flow among other factors. The establishment of a prediction model is more conducive to the evaluation of the efficacy of neoadjuvant chemotherapy.