Unsuspected Uterine Carcinosarcoma (heterologous) Diagnosed following Conservative Therapies with Medroxyprogesterone Acetate for Presumed Early-Stage Endometrial Carcinoma

2002 ◽  
Vol 47 (3) ◽  
pp. 129-131 ◽  
Author(s):  
HIROYUKI FUJIWARA ◽  
HIROAKI SHIBAHARA ◽  
RIE USUI ◽  
SATORU TAKAMIZAWA ◽  
SHUICHI KOSUGE ◽  
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2006 ◽  
Vol 16 (Suppl 1) ◽  
pp. 452-457 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Watanabe ◽  
K. Watanabe ◽  
T. Jobo ◽  
Y. Kamata ◽  
M. Kawaguchi ◽  
...  

Watanabe J, Watanabe K, Jobo T, Kamata Y, Kawaguchi M, Imai M, Okayasu I, Kuramoto H. Significance of p27 as a predicting marker for medroxyprogesterone acetate therapy against endometrial endometrioid adenocarcinoma. Int J Gynecol Cancer 2006;16(Suppl. 1): 452–457.We reported that p27 induced by medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA) may be involved in the progestin-induced growth suppression of human endometrial adenocarcinoma cells. This study aimed at investigating whether p27 expression could be a predicting marker to evaluate the effectiveness of MPA therapy. The clinical responses of 15 patients with endometrial carcinoma treated with MPA were examined. p27 expression was evaluated by immunohistochemical staining. Percentage of positive nuclear staining was expressed as a strongly positive (SP) labeling index (LI). Before MPA treatment, SP LIs in the effective and noneffective groups were 22.6 ± 14.3% and 9.1 ± 9.2%. At 1–6 weeks in the MPA treatment, SP LIs increased in both groups and were significantly higher than those before the therapy. At 7–12 weeks, SP LIs in both groups decreased to the level of pretherapy. At 13–18 weeks, SP LIs in the effective group were 14.9 ± 5.7%, whereas in the noneffective group, 1.1 ± 2.0%. The former was significantly higher than the latter. p27 expression could predict the effectiveness of MPA treatment for endometrial carcinoma at an early stage of the 4-month period in MPA therapy and could be a useful predicting marker for MPA.


2015 ◽  
Vol 139 (3) ◽  
pp. 599
Author(s):  
Tinera Buckley ◽  
Mary Belniak ◽  
Amy Brown ◽  
Srinivas Mandavilli ◽  
X. Clare Zhou

2013 ◽  
Vol 23 (9) ◽  
pp. 1635-1641 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vicky Makker ◽  
Sara J. Kravetz ◽  
Jacqueline Gallagher ◽  
Oana-Paula Orodel ◽  
Qin Zhou ◽  
...  

ObjectiveTo evaluate overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS) after adjuvant therapy in stage I to stage IV uterine carcinosarcoma with rhabdomyosarcoma differentiation.MethodsMemorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center medical records from 1990 to 2012 were reviewed. Patients who received chemotherapy with or without radiation therapy (RT), or RT alone, for completely resected stage I to stage IV uterine carcinosarcoma with rhabdomyosarcoma differentiation were included.ResultsOf 53 patients, International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics stage distribution was as follows: I, 13 (24.5%); II, 8 (15.1%); III, 13 (24.5%); and IV, 19 (35.9%). Forty-one (77.4%) of 53 patients received adjuvant chemotherapy, and 34% of the patients who received chemotherapy also received pelvic RT or intravaginal brachytherapy (IVRT). Twelve (22.6%) of the 53 patients received only pelvic RT with/without IVRT. Paclitaxel-carboplatin was the most commonly used adjuvant chemotherapy treatment. The median PFS for the entire cohort was 13.4 months (95% confidence interval [CI], 10.5–17.0). The median OS for the entire cohort was 23.0 months (95% CI, 16.9–34.3). The median PFS periods by stage were 15.9 months for stages I/II versus 11.2 months for stages III/IV (P= 0.012). Median OS was not reached in the early-stage cohort. The median OS for the late-stage cohort was 20.9 months (P= 0.004). The median PFS periods by treatment were 10.4 months for pelvic RT with/without IVRT group versus 13.1 months for chemotherapy with/without pelvic RT with/without IVRT group (P= 0.498). The median OS periods by treatment were 23.6 months for chemotherapy with/without pelvic RT with/without IVRT group versus 16.9 months for pelvic RT with/without IVRT group (P= 0.501).ConclusionThe results suggest that chemotherapy alone or in combination with RT is associated with longer PFS and OS compared to RT alone. Only the stage of disease significantly affected PFS and OS.


2021 ◽  
pp. ijgc-2021-002445
Author(s):  
Dimitrios Nasioudis ◽  
Emily M Ko ◽  
Lori Cory ◽  
Nawar Latif

ObjectiveTo investigate the prevalence of positive peritoneal cytology and lymph-vascular invasion by surgical approach among patients with early stage endometrioid endometrial carcinoma undergoing hysterectomy.MethodsThe National Cancer Database was accessed and patients with FIGO stage I endometrioid endometrial carcinoma (with no history of another tumor diagnosed) who underwent simple hysterectomy (open or minimally invasive) between January 2010 and December 2015 and had available data on the presence of lymph-vascular invasion and/or status of peritoneal cytology were selected for further analysis. The impact of a surgical approach on the odds of lymph-vascular invasion and positive peritoneal cytology was calculated after controlling for tumor grade, size, and depth of myometrial invasion.ResultsA total of 74 732 patients who met the inclusion criteria were identified. The rate of minimally invasive hysterectomy was 75.7%. Data on peritoneal cytology status and lymph-vascular invasion were available for 50 185 and 71 641 patients, respectively. A higher proportion of patients who had minimally invasive hysterectomy had positive peritoneal cytology (4.4% vs 2.3%, p<0.001), and presence of lymph-vascular invasion (10.4% vs 9.2%, p<0.001). After controlling for tumor size, tumor grade, and disease substage, the performance of minimally invasive surgery was associated with higher odds of positive peritoneal cytology (OR 2.08, 95% CI 1.83 to 2.37) and presence of lymph-vascular invasion (OR 1.33, 95% CI 1.25 to 1.41). After controlling for confounders there was no difference in survival between open and minimally invasive surgery groups (HR 0.93, 95% CI 0.85 to 1.004).ConclusionsMinimally invasive surgery may be associated with a higher incidence of positive peritoneal cytology and lymph-vascular invasion among patients with early stage endometrioid endometrial cancer. There was no difference in overall survival between patients who had laparotomy or minimally invasive surgery.


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