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ArticleRadiation oncology (London, England)2015

Lymphadenectomy in women with endometrial cancer: aspiration and reality from a radiation oncologist's point of view.

Robert Foerster, Robert Kluck, Nathalie Arians, Stefan Rieken, Harald Rief, Sebastian Adeberg, Tilman Bostel, Ingmar Schlampp, Juergen Debus, Katja Lindel

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Article in Radiation oncology (London, England), 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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  1. Is Substantial Lymphovascular Space Invasion Prognostic for Clinical Outcomes in Type II Endometrial Cancer?Clinical oncology (Royal College of Radiologists (Great Britain)) · 2022
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10 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Robert FoersterDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 400, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany. robert.foerster@med.uni-heidelberg.de.
Robert KluckDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 400, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany. robert.kluck@gmx.de.
Nathalie AriansDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 400, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany. nathalie.arians@med.uni-heidelberg.de.
Stefan RiekenDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 400, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany. stefan.rieken@med.uni-heidelberg.de.
Harald RiefDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 400, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany. harald.rief@med.uni-heidelberg.de.
Sebastian AdebergDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 400, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany. sebastian.adeberg@med.uni-heidelberg.de.
Tilman BostelDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 400, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany. tilmann.bostel@med.uni-heidelberg.de.
Ingmar SchlamppDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 400, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.
Juergen DebusDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 400, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany. juergen.debus@med.uni-heidelberg.de.
Katja LindelDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 400, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany. katja.lindel@med.uni-heidelberg.de.
Heidelberg University · DEUniversity Hospital Heidelberg · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundTo investigate the meaning of lymphadenectomy (LNE) in women with endometrial cancer (EC) for clinical outcome and secondly to determine the impact of the method of adjuvant radiotherapy (RT) on survival as well as to define prognostic factors.

methods322 patients (pts) underwent adjuvant RT for endometrioid EC at our department from 2004 until 2012 and were included in this retrospective study. Chi-square test, LogRank test and Cox regression were used for statistical analyses.

resultsMedian age at diagnosis: 66 years. FIGO stages: FIGO I 69.4 %, FIGO II 15.3 %, FIGO III 14.5 %, FIGO IV 0.9 %. Surgical staging: 30.6 % pelvic/paraaortic LNE, 45 % sole pelvic LNE, 8.8 % sampling of suspicious lymph nodes, 15.6 % no LNE. Adjuvant chemotherapy (ChT): 3.2 %. Sole intravaginal brachytherapy (IVB): 60.2 %. IVB + external beam radiotherapy (EBRT): 39.8 %. 5-year local recurrence free survival (LRFS): 90.6 %, distant metastases free survival (DMFS): 89.8 %, overall survival (OS):79.3 %. In multivariate analysis age (p = .007), pT stage (p = .029), lymph node status (p = .003), grading (p = .011) and lymphovascular space invasion (LVSI; p = .008) remained as independent prognostic factors for OS. Resection status (p = .01) and LVSI (p = .014) were independent prognostic factors for LRFS and LVSI (p = .008) was the only independent prognostic factor for DMFS. There was no statistically significant survival benefit from LNE in LRFS (p = .561), DMFS (p = .981) or OS (p = .791). 5-year LRFS in stage I and II: 96.0 and 82.9 % after sole IVB, 90.8 and 81.6 % after combined IVB/EBRT (p = .105; p = .970). 5-year OS rates for stage I and II: 86.5 and 71.3 % after sole IVB, 84.2 % and 69.2 % after combined IVB/EBRT (p = .153; p = .619).

conclusionComprehensive surgical staging is rarely performed and may be omitted in women with endometrioid EC in stages I-II. Sole IVB delivers equally good local control as combined IVB/EBRT in pts with FIGO stage I and II disease. LVSI deserves more attention as a prognostic factor and these pts may require a combined local and systemic therapy.

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Lymph Node ExcisionRadiotherapy, AdjuvantAgedBrachytherapyCarcinoma, EndometrioidChemotherapy, AdjuvantCombined Modality TherapyEndometrial NeoplasmsFemaleFollow-Up StudiesGastrointestinal DiseasesGynecologic Surgical ProceduresHumansKaplan-Meier EstimateLymphatic MetastasisMiddle Aged

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PMID26179059
PMCPMC4504041
OpenAlexW1546838085

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