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pmid: 31323767
pmc: PMC6678420
Adjuvant treatment in advanced-stage (stages III /IV) endometrial carcinomas in terms of tumor grades has not yet been explored. We retrospectively analyzed 194 patients with advanced-stage endometrioid endometrial carcinoma who received surgery, followed by adjuvant therapy, at National Taiwan University Hospital between January 1, 2000 and August 31, 2017. Adjuvant therapies included radiation (RT), chemotherapy alone (CT), and combined modality treatment (CMT: radiation and chemotherapy). The prognostic factors were determined from multivariate survival analyses using Cox regression models. Progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) times were estimated with the Kaplan–Meier method. The median follow-up was 45.5 months (range: 6.2–207.9). In grade 1/2 endometrioid carcinoma, neither adjuvant CT nor CMT could prolong PFS significantly compared to RT (CT: HR 1.59, 95% CI 0.64–3.97; CMT: HR 2.03, 95% CI 0.72–5.74). Notably, maximal cytoreduction independently improved PFS (HR 0.31, 95% CI 0.10–0.90). No particular adjuvant treatment provided an OS advantage over the others for grade 1/2 endometrioid carcinomas. However, for grade 3 endometrioid carcinoma, CMT showed OS benefits (HR 0.15, 95% CI 0.03–0.89) compared to RT and CT. In conclusion, maximal cytoreduction should be the goal in patients with grade 1/2 advanced-stage endometrioid carcinomas. Based on our results, patients with grade 3 endometrioid carcinomas might benefit from adjuvant CMT.
Adult, endometrial neoplasms, Endometrial Neoplasms; Adenocarcinoma, Endometrioid; Chemotherapy, Adjuvant; Radiotherapy, Adjuvant, Taiwan, chemotherapy, Article, adjuvant, Humans, radiotherapy, Aged, Neoplasm Staging, Proportional Hazards Models, Retrospective Studies, Aged, 80 and over, adenocarcinoma, Uterus, Middle Aged, Combined Modality Therapy, Endometrial Neoplasms, Chemotherapy, Adjuvant, Female, Radiotherapy, Adjuvant, endometrioid, Carcinoma, Endometrioid
Adult, endometrial neoplasms, Endometrial Neoplasms; Adenocarcinoma, Endometrioid; Chemotherapy, Adjuvant; Radiotherapy, Adjuvant, Taiwan, chemotherapy, Article, adjuvant, Humans, radiotherapy, Aged, Neoplasm Staging, Proportional Hazards Models, Retrospective Studies, Aged, 80 and over, adenocarcinoma, Uterus, Middle Aged, Combined Modality Therapy, Endometrial Neoplasms, Chemotherapy, Adjuvant, Female, Radiotherapy, Adjuvant, endometrioid, Carcinoma, Endometrioid
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