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ArticlePloS one2022

Prognostic features of endometrial cancer metastasis to the central nervous system.

Michelle L Kuznicki, Adrianne Mallen, Kristal Ha, Emily Clair McClung, Antonio V Castaneda, Biwei Cao, Brooke L Fridley, Hye Sook Chon, Jing Yi Chern, Mitchel Hoffman and 3 more

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Article in PloS one, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 41% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Michelle L KuznickiDepartment of Gynecologic Oncology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0002-7954-1373
Adrianne MallenDepartment of Gynecologic Oncology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL, United States of America.
Kristal HaDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, United States of America.
Emily Clair McClungDepartment of Gynecologic Oncology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL, United States of America.
Antonio V CastanedaDepartment of Gynecologic Oncology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States of America.
Biwei CaoDepartment of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, FL, United States of America.
Brooke L FridleyDepartment of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, FL, United States of America.
Hye Sook ChonDepartment of Gynecologic Oncology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL, United States of America.
Jing Yi ChernDepartment of Gynecologic Oncology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL, United States of America.
Mitchel HoffmanDepartment of Gynecologic Oncology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL, United States of America.
Robert M WenhamDepartment of Gynecologic Oncology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL, United States of America.
Koji MatsuoDepartment of Gynecologic Oncology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States of America.
Mian M K ShahzadDepartment of Gynecologic Oncology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0002-3462-0377
University of South Florida · USMoffitt Cancer Center · USUniversity of Southern California · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesCentral nervous system metastases (CNSm) secondary to endometrial cancer (EC) are rare. As a result, prognostic factors for this patient population are not well described.

methodsEC patients with CNSm were identified retrospectively from two academic centers. EC patients without CNSm (non-CNSm) were used as controls. Chi-square and Fisher's exact tests were used for analysis of categorial variables. Wilcoxon tests were used for quantitative measures. Overall survival (OS) was compared with Log-rank test. Cox proportional hazard models were used to estimate hazard ratios for OS.

results22 EC patients with CNSm and 354 non-CNSm patients were included. Compared to non-CNSm EC, the CNSm cohort was younger (58.5 vs 62.0 years, p = 0.018) with lower BMI (27.7 vs. 33.7 kg/m2, p = 0.005), and had more advanced stages (p = ≤ 0.001), grade 3 tumors (81.8% CNSm vs 25.1% non CNSm, p≤0.001) and serous histology (22.7% vs 8.5%, p = 0.010). Median survival after CNSm diagnosis was 9 months (95% CI 4, NA). CNSm was a strong poor prognostic factor (HR death 4.96, p = 0.022). Improved OS was seen with CNS as the only disease site (83m CNSm only vs 30m additional sites, p = 0.007) and less than five CNSm (49m <5 vs. 23m ≥5, p = 0.004). Surgical resection of CNSm (OS 83m surgery vs 33m no surgery, p = 0.003) or multimodal therapy (83m multimodal vs 33m single therapy, p = 0.027) resulted in longer OS.

conclusionsCNSm is a poor prognostic factor in EC, however, low volume disease with aggressive treatment may result in more favorable survival outcomes.

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Central Nervous System NeoplasmsEndometrial NeoplasmsNeoplasms, Second PrimaryCentral Nervous SystemFemaleHumansPrognosisRetrospective Studies

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PMID36018828
PMCPMC9417007
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