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ArticleFrontiers in oncology2024

Prognosis of premenopausal women with low-risk endometrial cancer but elevated CA125 levels.

Jeong Min Song, Ala Aiob, Kidong Kim, Kwang Beom Lee, Sokbom Kang, Chae Hyeong Lee, Se Ik Kim, Nam Kyeong Kim, Dae Hoon Jeong

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Jeong Min Song *Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kyung Hee University School of Medicine, Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Ala Aiob *Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Galilee Medical Center, Nahariya, Israel.
Kidong KimDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Republic of Korea.
Kwang Beom LeeDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Gachon University Gil Medical Center, Gachon University College of Medicine, Incheon, Republic of Korea.
Sokbom KangCenter for Gynecologic Cancer, National Cancer Center, Goyang, Republic of Korea.
Chae Hyeong LeeDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Graduate School of Medicine, Dongguk University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Se Ik KimDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Nam Kyeong KimDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Republic of Korea.
Dae Hoon JeongDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Busan Paik Hospital, Paik Institute for Clinical Research, Inje University, Busan, Republic of Korea.

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Abstract

Introduction: Women with low-risk endometrial cancer, as defined by the Korean Gynecologic Oncology Group (KGOG) criteria, have a low risk of lymph node metastasis and an excellent prognosis without lymphadenectomy. However, it is unclear whether lymphadenectomy should be performed in premenopausal women who meet the KGOG criteria other than elevated cancer antigen 125 (CA125) levels, because the CA125 level can be elevated by benign conditions. We investigated the patterns of metastasis and recurrence to assess the value of lymphadenectomy in this population. Methods: Premenopausal women with endometrial cancer meeting the KGOG criteria, except for those with elevated CA125 levels, were eligible. The characteristics of the eligible women were collected from seven institutes in the Republic of Korea by reviewing their medical records. Recurrence-free survival (RFS) was estimated using the Kaplan-Meier method and compared using the log-rank test. Results: Seventy-three patients were included. Of 62 women who underwent lymphadenectomy, only two (3.2%) had lymph node metastasis. Eighteen women (24.7%) received adjuvant therapy. At a median follow-up of 59 months, the 5-year RFS was 88.8%. Five women (7%) experienced recurrence, two had lymph node recurrence, and three had non-nodal recurrence. RFS was similar between the women who did and did not undergo lymphadenectomy (P=0.737). Conclusion: Premenopausal women who had elevated CA125 levels but met all other KGOG criteria showed a low risk of lymph node metastasis and recurrence as well as a good prognosis. Therefore, lymphadenectomy can be omitted in this population.

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CA125endometrial cancerlymphadenectomylymphatic metastasispremenopausal

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PMCPMC11790447

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