Evidence map›Paper›PMID 31517774›Full record

ArticleJournal of the Chinese Medical Association : JCMA2020

Evaluation of treatment results and prognostic factors of uterine sarcoma: A single-center experience.

Mozhdeh Momtahan, Fatemeh Emami, Fatemeh Sari Aslani, Mojgan Akbarzadeh-Jahromi

Open access · hybridAbstract readEvaluation Study
In one paragraph

Article in Journal of the Chinese Medical Association : JCMA, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 24% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Article
  3. Uterine sarcoma: An unusual but high lethal disease of gynecological malignancies.Journal of the Chinese Medical Association : JCMA · 2020
    Article
  4. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Mozhdeh MomtahanDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Fatemeh EmamiDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Fatemeh Sari AslaniMaternal-fetal Medicine Research Center, Pathology Department, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Mojgan Akbarzadeh-JahromiMaternal-fetal Medicine Research Center, Pathology Department, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Shiraz University of Medical Sciences · IR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundUterine sarcomas (US) constitute a rare heterogeneous group of gynecological malignancies with aggressive characteristics and poor prognosis. Identifying the histopathological factors that determine the prognosis of the tumor and efficacy of various treatment modalities provides a reliable source for efficient treatment of affected patients. This study presents our 11-year experience with US in the south of Iran.

methodsMedical records of 42 patients (2001-2012) with endometrial stromal sarcoma (ESS), leiomyosarcoma (LMS), and malignant mixed Müllerian tumor (MMMT) were investigated. Hazard ratio (HR) and 2- and 5-year survival of patients were analyzed based on the patients' age, histopathological characteristics (tumor type, stage, necrosis, and mitotic index), and treatment modalities.

resultsTwenty-four patients survived with median follow-up of 42.5 months; 18 died within 17 months, and 52.4% had recurrence, of whom 12 died. Two- and five-year survival rate was 78.6% and 61.9%, respectively, longest for ESS and shortest for MMMT. Higher age, tumor stage, necrosis, and mitotic index increased the HR of mortality. Radiotherapy resulted in a better survival, compared with chemotherapy alone or combined with radiotherapy.

conclusionAlthough ESS had the best prognosis, MMMT was the most aggressive tumor with the shortest survival time. Histological type of the tumor, staging, tumor necrosis, and mitotic index had prognostic roles. Adjuvant radiotherapy resulted in a better survival, compared with surgery alone in early stage.

Indexed as

AdultAgedAge FactorsFemaleHumansMiddle AgedNeoplasm Recurrence, LocalPrognosisSarcomaUterine Neoplasms

Identifiers

PMID31517774
PMCPMC13048206
OpenAlexW2973129599

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY-NC-ND
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.