Surgery is often the mainstay of treatment in stage III disease. The role of adjuvant radiotherapy in conferring survival is controversial. Chemotherapy is fast emerging as an effective adjuvant treatment for advanced endometrial cancer. Hormonal therapy with variable response rates has been used for ...
The choice of endometrial cancer treatment depends largely on the type of cancer and stage of the disease when it is found. Other factors could play a part in choosing the best treatment plan. Such as your age, your overall state of health, whether you plan to have children, and other pe...
Endometrial cancer is often detected at an early stage because it presents as abnormal vaginal bleeding, especially bleeding after menopause. If endometrial cancer is suspected, your doctor will investigate further to determine if you have cancer1,8: Clinical history and examination: Your doctor will ...
In the United States,endometrial canceris the most common cancer of the female reproductive system. The upside is that most women are diagnosed when the cancer is at an early stage. This means that for many women, endometrial cancer can be cured with surgery alone. While surgery is the first...
Chen SS:Operative treatment in stage I endometrial carcinoma with deep myometrial invasion and/or grade 3 tumor surgically limited to the corpus uteri. No recurrence with only primary surgery.Cancer1989,63:1843–1845. ArticlePubMedCASGoogle Scholar ...
EDITORIAL COMMENT: We accepted this paper for publication because the results of treatment of a group of women with Stage I endometrial cancer may interest readers. Although the overall 5-year survival rate in this series of 93% is good, the paper does not provide statistically significant inform...
Stage IIIC is the most common stage of locally advanced sub-stage of endometrial cancer, nevertheless, the optimal management for these patients remains controversial. Adjuvant chemotherapy alone more effectively suppressed distant metastases but resulted in a higher rate of pelvic failure, while adjuvant...
Cancer antigen 125 (CA-125) level was 38.6 U/mL. Endometrial biopsy showed endometrial adenocarcinoma of International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics stage IVA, grade 3 (poorly differentiated), with histopathology indicating multiple microscopic metastatic deposits of omental adenocarcinoma. Her ...
The purpose of this study was to determine the average life-years gained and cost per life-year gained in treatment of early endometrial cancer. Methods. We performed a decision analysis using statistical models for survival after treatment for Stage I endometrial cancer. Estimates for survival ...
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