scholarly journals Adjuvant brachytherapy for FIGO stage I serous or clear cell endometrial cancer

2021 ◽  
pp. ijgc-2020-002217
Author(s):  
Elizabeth B Jeans ◽  
William G Breen ◽  
Trey C Mullikin ◽  
Brittany A Looker ◽  
Andrea Mariani ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Endometrial Cancer ◽  
Clear Cell ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
Figo Stage ◽  
Stage I ◽  
High Dose ◽  
Vaginal Cuff ◽  
Locoregional Failure ◽  
Platinum Based Chemotherapy ◽  
Increased Risk

ObjectivesOptimal adjuvant treatment for early-stage clear cell and serous endometrial cancer remains unclear. We report outcomes for women with surgically staged International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) stage I clear cell, serous, and mixed endometrial cancers following adjuvant vaginal cuff brachytherapy with or without chemotherapy.MethodsFrom April 1998 to January 2020, women with FIGO stage IA–IB clear cell, serous, and mixed endometrial cancer underwent surgery and adjuvant vaginal cuff brachytherapy. Seventy-six patients received chemotherapy. High-dose rate vaginal cuff brachytherapy was planned to a total dose of 21 gray in three fractions using a multichannel vaginal cylinder. The primary objective was to determine the effectiveness of adjuvant vaginal cuff brachytherapy and to identify surgicopathological risk factors that could portend towards worse oncological outcomes.ResultsA total of 182 patients were included in the analysis. Median follow-up was 5.3 years (2.3–12.2). Ten-year survival was 73.3%. Five-year cumulative incidence (CI) of vaginal, pelvic, and para-aortic relapse was 1.4%, 2.1%, and 0.9%, respectively. Five-year locoregional failure, any recurrence, peritoneal relapse, and other distant recurrence was 4.4%, 11.6%, 5.3%, and 6.7%, respectively. On univariate analysis, locoregional failure was worse for larger tumors (per 1 cm) (HR 1.9, 95% CI 1.2 to 3.0, p≤0.01). Any recurrence was worse for tumors of at least 3.5 cm (HR 3.8, 95% CI 1.3 to 11.7, p=0.02) and patients with positive/suspicious cytology (HR 4.4, 95% CI 1.5 to 12.4, p≤0.01). Ten-year survival for tumors of at least 3.5 cm was 56.9% versus 86.6% for those with smaller tumors (HR 2.9, 95% CI 1.4 to 5.8, p≤0.01). Ten-year survival for positive/suspicious cytology was 50.9% versus 77.4% (HR 2.2, 95% CI 0.9 to 5.4, p=0.09). Multivariate modeling demonstrated worse locoregional failure, any recurrence, and survival with larger tumors, as well as any recurrence with positive/suspicious cytology. Subgroup analysis demonstrated improved outcomes with the use of adjuvant chemotherapy in patients with large tumors or positive/suspicious cytology.ConclusionAdjuvant vaginal cuff brachytherapy alone without chemotherapy is an appropriate treatment for women with negative peritoneal cytology and small, early-stage clear cell, serous, and mixed endometrial cancer. Larger tumors or positive/suspicious cytology are at increased risk for relapse and worse survival, and should be considered for additional upfront adjuvant treatments, such as platinum-based chemotherapy.

High dose rate post-operative vaginal cuff irradiation alone for stage i endometrial cancer with myometrial invasion

1998 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
pp. 318
Author(s):  
John M. Anderson ◽  
Tam Nguyen ◽  
Joel Childers ◽  
Alton V. Hallum ◽  
Earl Surwitt ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Endometrial Cancer ◽  
Dose Rate ◽  
Myometrial Invasion ◽  
High Dose Rate ◽  
Stage I ◽  
High Dose ◽  
Vaginal Cuff

High-dose rate brachytherapy for Stage I/II papillary serous or clear cell endometrial cancer

2004 ◽  
Vol 94 (2) ◽  
pp. 383-386 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brent DuBeshter ◽  
Kim Estler ◽  
Kim Altobelli ◽  
Sandra McDonald ◽  
Christopher Glantz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Endometrial Cancer ◽  
Dose Rate ◽  
Clear Cell ◽  
High Dose Rate ◽  
Stage I ◽  
High Dose ◽  
High Dose Rate Brachytherapy

Retrospective analysis of stage IC uterine cancer patients: A single center experience.

2012 ◽  
Vol 30 (15_suppl) ◽  
pp. e15573-e15573
Author(s):  
Nadire Kucukoztas ◽  
Selim Yalcin ◽  
Samed Rahatli ◽  
Ozlem Ozen ◽  
Nihan Haberal ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Endometrial Cancer ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
Uterine Cancer ◽  
Endometrial Adenocarcinoma ◽  
Cell Cancer ◽  
Disease Free Survival ◽  
Figo Stage ◽  
Surgical Staging ◽  
Increased Risk

e15573 Background: Stage IC patients are at an increased risk of recurrence and overall worse prognosis compared with stage IA and IB patients. Adjuvant chemoherapy is utilized based on specific pathologic factors. The objective of this study is to evaluate treatment outcomes at a single institution in patients with 1988 FIGO stage IC endometrial adenocarcinoma. Methods: Records of the patients with FIGO stage IB (formerly IC) endometrial cancer were retrospectively evaluated. All patients were initially treated surgically with comprehensive staging lymphadenectomy. Results: A total of 85 patients were included. Patient and tumor characteristics are shown in the table. Median age of the patients was 60 (range 27-95). Fifty-nine patients had at least one co-morbid disease. Complete surgical staging including pelvic and paraaortic lymph node dissection was performed in all the patients. Sixteen patients (19%) received adjuvant chemotherapy, including 6 patients with serous cancer and one patient with small cell cancer. Paclitaxel/carboplatin was the preferred regimen in Median follow up was 30 months (range 10-61 months). Seven patients (8%) relapsed and 4 patients (5%) died on follow up. 5 year disease free survival was 89% and overall survival was 95%. One of the 16 patients (6.2%) who received chemotherapy and 6 of the 69 patients (8.7%) who did not receive relapsed/died on follow up. Survival analysis was not performed because of the low number of events in both groups. Conclusions: We found similar rates of recurrence and death with previous studies in stage IC endometrial cancer. Complete surgical staging is the mainstay of treatment. Marginally lower recurrence rate in chemotherapy treated patients delineate the need for prospective randomized data addressing the role of adjuvant systemic therapy in early-stage patients with endometrial adenocarcinoma. [Table: see text]

2111 Adjuvant high dose rate vaginal cuff brachytherapy for early stage endometrial cancer

1997 ◽  
Vol 39 (2) ◽  
pp. 296 ◽  
Author(s):  
S.P. Tannehill ◽  
D.G. Petereit ◽  
J.C. Schink ◽  
E.A. Grosen ◽  
E.M. Hartenbach ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Endometrial Cancer ◽  
Dose Rate ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
High Dose Rate ◽  
High Dose ◽  
Vaginal Cuff ◽  
Early Stage Endometrial Cancer

scholarly journals A comparison between 2D and 3D planning of high-dose-rate vaginal cuff brachytherapy in patients with stage I-II endometrial cancer using cobalt-60

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (5) ◽  
pp. 526-532
Author(s):  
Farnaz Amouzegar Hashemi ◽  
Sepideh Mansouri ◽  
Mahdi Aghili ◽  
Ebrahim Esmati ◽  
Mohammad Babaei ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Endometrial Cancer ◽  
Dose Rate ◽  
High Dose Rate ◽  
Stage I ◽  
High Dose ◽  
Vaginal Cuff ◽  
2D And 3D

scholarly journals Ten-Year Results of Postoperative Adjuvant Treatment In Women With Stage I Endometrial Cancer

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peiying Fu ◽  
Ting Zhou ◽  
Pengfei Cui ◽  
Shixuan Wang ◽  
Ronghua Liu
Keyword(s):  
Endometrial Cancer ◽  
Adjuvant Treatment ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
Disease Free Survival ◽  
Figo Stage ◽  
Stage I ◽  
Rank Test ◽  
Adjuvant Therapies ◽  
Early Stage Endometrial Cancer ◽  
Postoperative Adjuvant Treatment

Abstract Background: It remains controversial whether postoperative adjuvant treatment is beneficial for the survival of patients after surgery for early-stage endometrial cancer. To evaluate whether postoperative adjuvant treatment is beneficial for the survival of patients after surgery for early-stage endometrial cancer. We analyzed the outcomes of patients treated with radiotherapy, chemotherapy, or progestagen combined with other adjuvant treatments. Methods: We retrospectively examined disease-free survival (DFS), overall survival (OS) and high risk factors that affected the survival status of all patients who received different postoperative adjuvant therapies. Results: The total relapse and mortality rates were 5.57% and 1.68%, respectively. During follow-up period, fourteen patients (7.29%) developed isolated local recurrence, and 2 patients died (1.04%) of recurrence. The 5-year DFS and OS rates in all patients were 95.83% and 93.75%, respectively. No significant differences were observed in the 5-year DFS, 5-year OS, OS, or DFS among the four groups of patients with FIGO stage I endometrial cancer. The differences in the log-rank test results of the estimates of the 5-year DFS, 5-year OS, DFS and OS of patients with different disease stages and different ages were all significant, but no differences were observed in these parameters between patients with varying degrees of differentiation. Histologic grade, CA125 level, ER and PR status and whether adjuvant therapies had no significant effect on the DFS and OS of all patients according to univariate and multivariate regression analyses, but age stratification did reveal significant differences in DFS and OS in the univariate and multivariate analyses. Conclusion: This retrospective study showed that adjuvant treatments after surgery were not significantly associated with improved DFS or OS in patients with early-stage endometrial cancer. However, FIGO stage and age affected the survival of patients with stage I endometrial cancer.

Do air gaps with image-guided vaginal cuff brachytherapy impact failure rates in patients with high-intermediate risk FIGO Stage I endometrial cancer?

Brachytherapy ◽  
2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adam H. Richman ◽  
Ankur K. Patel ◽  
Joshua L. Rodríguez-López ◽  
Andrew Keller ◽  
John A. Vargo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Endometrial Cancer ◽  
Figo Stage ◽  
Stage I ◽  
Intermediate Risk ◽  
Failure Rates ◽  
Vaginal Cuff ◽  
Impact Failure ◽  
Air Gaps ◽  
Image Guided

scholarly journals Phase III Trial: Adjuvant Pelvic Radiation Therapy Versus Vaginal Brachytherapy Plus Paclitaxel/Carboplatin in High-Intermediate and High-Risk Early-Stage Endometrial Cancer

2019 ◽  
Vol 37 (21) ◽  
pp. 1810-1818 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcus E. Randall ◽  
Virginia Filiaci ◽  
D. Scott McMeekin ◽  
Vivian von Gruenigen ◽  
Helen Huang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Overall Survival ◽  
Endometrial Cancer ◽  
High Risk ◽  
Confidence Limit ◽  
Clear Cell ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
Stage I ◽  
Phase Iii ◽  
Phase Iii Trial ◽  
Pelvic Radiation

PURPOSE The primary objective was to determine if vaginal cuff brachytherapy and chemotherapy (VCB/C) increases recurrence-free survival (RFS) compared with pelvic radiation therapy (RT) in high-intermediate and high-risk early-stage endometrial carcinoma. PATIENTS AND METHODS A randomized phase III trial was performed in eligible patients with endometrial cancer. Eligible patients had International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (2009) stage I endometrioid histology with Gynecologic Oncology Group protocol 33–based high-intermediate–risk criteria, stage II disease, or stage I to II serous or clear cell tumors. Treatment was randomly assigned between RT (45 to 50.4 Gy over 5 weeks) or VCB followed by intravenous paclitaxel 175 mg/m2 (3 hours) plus carboplatin (area under the curve, 6) every 21 days for three cycles. RESULTS The median age of the 601 patients was 63 years, and 74% had stage I disease. Histologies included endometrioid (71%), serous (15%), and clear cell (5%). With a median follow-up of 53 months, the 60-month RFS was 0.76 (95% CI, 0.70 to 0.81) for RT and 0.76 (95% CI, 0.70 to 0.81) for VCB/C (hazard ratio, 0.92; 90% confidence limit, 0.69 to 1.23). The 60-month overall survival was 0.87 (95% CI, 0.83 to 0.91) for RT and 0.85 (95% CI, 0.81 to 0.90) for VCB/C (hazard ratio, 1.04; 90% confidence limit, 0.71 to 1.52). Vaginal and distant recurrence rates were similar between arms. Pelvic or para-aortic nodal recurrences were more common with VCB/C (9% v 4%). There was no heterogeneity of treatment effect with respect to RFS or overall survival among clinical or pathologic variables evaluated. CONCLUSION Superiority of VCB/C compared with pelvic RT was not demonstrated. Acute toxicity was greater with VCB/C; late toxicity was similar. Pelvic RT alone remains an effective, well-tolerated, and appropriate adjuvant treatment in high-risk early-stage endometrial carcinomas of all histologies.

scholarly journals The Clinical Characteristics and Treatment Results in the Patients with Clear Cell Carcinoma of the Ovary

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 01-08
Author(s):  
Chul Kim
Keyword(s):  
Cell Carcinoma ◽  
Clinical Characteristics ◽  
Clear Cell ◽  
Clear Cell Carcinoma ◽  
Figo Stage ◽  
Stage I ◽  
Stage Iii ◽  
Treatment Results ◽  
Platinum Based Chemotherapy ◽  
Carcinoma Of The Ovary

Background: It is well known that clear cell carcinoma of the ovary (CCC) demonstrates different clinical behaviors from other epithelial ovarian cancer and has strong association with endometriosis, thromboembolic complication, hypercalcemia, and large pelvic mass. The introduction of cisplatin-based chemotherapy significantly changed the postoperative management of ovarian cancer patients. Different studies showed a better response rate of CCC to chemotherapy with paclitaxel plus carboplatin regime than with the conventional platinum-based regimens. Aim: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the patients’ clinical characteristics and treatment results for clear cell carcinoma (CCC) of the ovary treated in paclitaxel-platinum chemotherapy in comparison with those treated in conventional platinum-based chemotherapy after primary surgery Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of 40 patients with CCC who received treatment in the department of obstetrics and gynecology, Samsung Medical Center from March, 1996 to April 2006. The clinical characteristics, treatment results and follow-up data were collected from medical records and/or telephone surveys. Results: Mean age was 47 years (range 30–72 years). Patients with age less than 50years were 62.5%. Tumors were 15% (6/40) stage IA, 2.5% (1/40) stage IB, 37.5% (15/40) stage IC, 5% (2/40) stage II, 32.5% (13/40) stage III, and 7.5% (3/40) stage IV. Patients with CCC were more likely to have FIGO stage I & II disease than FIGO stage III & IV (60% vs. 40%). Five-year progression-free survival and overall survival were 91% and 80% in stage I & II, 36% and 55% in stage III & IV, respectively (5-yr PFS; P<0.01, 5-yr OS; P=0.03). With a median follow-up of 45 months (2-112 months), 75% (18/24) of stage I/II patients are alive, while 19% (3/16) of stage III/IV patients are alive. 37.5% (15/40) of the patients presented with endometriosis. Except for one patient who was referred by a local clinic, all patients underwent cytoreductive surgery. The rate of optimal debulking (≤ 1cm residual tumor diameter) was 90% (36/40). Overall, for women treated with platinum-based chemotherapy, 75% (27/36) had clinically complete responses to adjuvant chemotherapy. But there was no survival benefit according to chemotherapeutic differences in the patients who received cytoreductive surgery followed between conventional platinum-based chemotherapy (CAP or CP) and by paclitaxel and platinum-based chemotherapy (P=0.40). Univariate analysis showed that stage was the only favorable prognostic factor for women with clear cell carcinoma of the ovary (P=0.04). Conclusions: Our results suggest that CCC has a distinct clinical behavior, similar to previous studies, that frequently presents at early- stages and is associated with endometriosis. In addition, there was a close correlation between the level of CA-125 and survival, and there was no survival benefit according to chemotherapeutic differences. 〔CAP (CP) VS TP(TC)〕

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