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Abstract
Objective The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of adjuvant treatments, factors influencing recurrence, and survival data in patients with 2023 International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) stage IIB endometrial cancer.
Methods A retrospective analysis was conducted on patients with endometrial cancer who underwent surgery between 2005 and 2022 at seven different centers in Turkey. Demographic, clinicopathological, and survival data were collected and analyzed.
Results Among 7323 patients, 565 (7.7%) were classified as 2023 FIGO stage IIB based on pathological results. Of 565 patients, 214 were followed without receiving adjuvant treatment, while 335 (95.4%) received adjuvant radiotherapy, and 16 (4.6%) received radiotherapy and chemotherapy. The locoregional recurrence rate was higher in patients with a tumor size >4 cm (p=0.038) and myometrial invasion >50% (p=0.045). In patients with distant metastasis, the recurrence rate was lower in those with myometrial invasion <50% compared with myometrial invasion ≥50% (p=0.031). The impact of adjuvant treatment on endometrial cancer patients revealed no significant differences for both disease free survival (p=0.85) and overall survival (p=0.54). Subgroup analyses showed that in patients with deep myometrial invasion, adjuvant treatment was associated with a significant increase in overall survival (p=0.044), but there was no effect on disease-free survival (p=0.12).
Conclusions Patients with stage IIB endometrial cancer with myometrial invasion ≥50% were more likely to have locoregional and distant metastases. Adjuvant radiotherapy or chemoradiotherapy did not demonstrate an overall survival benefit in these patients.
- Endometrium
- Pathology
Data availability statement
No data are available. This study used the Turkish Society of Gynecologic Oncology database. The Committee of the present society forbids the transfer, rent, or sale of the data to any third party without prior approval. For questions about access to the data used for the present study, the contact number is +90 312 232 44 00.
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Data availability statement
No data are available. This study used the Turkish Society of Gynecologic Oncology database. The Committee of the present society forbids the transfer, rent, or sale of the data to any third party without prior approval. For questions about access to the data used for the present study, the contact number is +90 312 232 44 00.
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Contributors Conception and design: UA, DB, and MMM. Acquisition of the data: EK, FD, ST, MS, OA, MG, MYS, HA, and TB. Analysis and interpretation of the data: ZF, HS, NO, and AA. Manuscript writing: UA, MMM, DB, and MG. Guarantors: MMM, NO, and AA. Manuscript review and approval: all authors.
Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors.
Competing interests None declared.
Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.
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