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ArticleAdvances in radiation oncology

Treatment of Early Stage High-Risk Endometrioid-Type Endometrial Cancer and Patterns of Disease Relapse: A Retrospective Analysis.

Jiheon Song, Tien Le, Laura Hopkins, Michael Fung-Kee-Fung, Alborz Jooya, Krystine Lupe, Marc Gaudet, Rajiv Samant

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Article in Advances in radiation oncology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Jiheon SongDivision of Radiation Oncology, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
Tien LeDivision of Gynecologic Oncology, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
Laura HopkinsDivision of Gynecologic Oncology, Saskatoon Cancer Center, Saskatoon, SK, Canada.
Michael Fung-Kee-FungDivision of Gynecologic Oncology, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
Alborz JooyaDivision of Radiation Oncology, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
Krystine LupeDivision of Radiation Oncology, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
Marc GaudetDivision of Radiation Oncology, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
Rajiv SamantDivision of Radiation Oncology, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
Ottawa Hospital · CASaskatchewan Cancer Agency · CA

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeA recently published randomized controlled trial has demonstrated that in patients with endometrial cancer with high-risk features, the addition of chemotherapy to radiation therapy, compared with radiation therapy alone, resulted in a significant improvement in failure-free survival. However, in the study, the effect of chemotherapy was limited to stage III patients, and the benefit was less pronounced in stage I and II patients. Our study aims to investigate the current practice of treatment and clinical outcomes in stage I high-risk endometrioid-type endometrial cancer. METHODS AND MATERIALS: A single-center retrospective study was conducted on patients with stage I high-risk endometrioid-type endometrial cancer without serous or clear cell features who have undergone hysterectomy between 1998 and 2015. Data on patients, tumor, and treatments were collected and correlated with clinical outcomes.

resultsA total of 1,572 patients with stage I disease were identified and 46 patients who met the inclusion criteria were selected for final analysis. The median age at diagnosis was 63 years (range, 49-86 years) and median follow-up was 5.9 years. Among the entire cohort, 40 (87.0%) patients underwent adjuvant radiation therapy, of which 36 (78.2%) patients underwent external beam radiation therapy and 4 (8.7%) patients underwent vaginal brachytherapy. Two of the 40 patients who received adjuvant radiation therapy also received adjuvant chemotherapy. Six (13.0%) patients received no adjuvant treatment. Of the 46 patients, the cumulative risk of distant recurrence was 19.6%, and only 1 patient (2.2%) recurred within pelvis (perirectal lymph node). Five-year disease-free survival and overall survival rates were 73.1% and 80.1%, respectively.

conclusionsAdjuvant radiation therapy in stage I endometrioid-type endometrial cancer patients with high-risk features resulted in high rates of locoregional disease control, and most recurrences occurred at distant sites. Effective systemic therapy may be indicated in this patient population to further reduce the risk of distant relapses and improve survival.

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