Patient compliance for postoperative radiotherapy and survival outcome of women with stage I endometrioid endometrial cancer.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:To examine characteristics and survival outcome of women with endometrial cancer who declined postoperative radiotherapy. METHODS:A retrospective study was conducted to examine surgically-treated grade 1-2 stage IB and grade 3 stage IA-IB endometrioid endometrial cancer in the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program between 1983 and 2013 (n = 10 613). Associations of patient declination for guideline-based postoperative radiotherapy and clinico-pathological demographics or survival outcome were examined on multivariable analysis. RESULTS:There were 323 (3.0%) women who declined adjuvant radiotherapy. Women who declined postoperative radiotherapy were more likely to be older, White, Western U.S. residents, and register in recent years (all, adjusted-P <

SUBMITTER: Matsuo K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7523389 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature