Efficacy of Endometrial Cancer Follow-up Protocols: Time to Change?

ABSTRACT:

Objective

 The aim of the present study was to analyze relapse rates and patterns in patients with endometrial cancer with the aim of evaluating the effectiveness of current follow-up procedures in terms of patient survival, as well as the convenience of modifying the surveillance strategy.

Methods

 Retrospective descriptive study including all patients diagnosed with endometrial cancer relapse at the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics of the Complejo Hospitalario Insular-Materno Infantil de Canarias, between 2005 and 2014.

Results

 Recurrence was observed in 81 patients (10.04% of the sample); 66.7% of them suffered relapse within 2 years and 80.2% within 3 years after the termination of the primary treatment; 41.9% showed distant metastases while the rest corre

SUBMITTER: Lubrano A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10183951 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature