Radiotherapy in Adjuvant Therapy in High-intermediate Risk and High Risk Endometrial Cancer: A Review Article
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VOLUME: 33 ISSUE: 1
P: 7 - 11
2023

Radiotherapy in Adjuvant Therapy in High-intermediate Risk and High Risk Endometrial Cancer: A Review Article

Anatol J Gen Med Res 2023;33(1):7-11
1. University of Health Sciences Tepecik Training and Research Hospital, Department of Radiation Oncology, Izmir, Turkey
2. University of Health Sciences Tepecik Training and Research Hospital, Department of Medical Oncology, Izmir, Turkey
3. University of Health Sciences Tepecik Training and Research Hospital, Department of General Surgery, Izmir, Turkey
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Received Date: 2021-03-04T11:09:29
Accepted Date: 2023-04-10T13:39:15
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Abstract

In uterine cancers, except grade (G), depth of myometrial invasion, lymph node (LN) involvement; histology, presence of lymphovascular invasion (LVI), tumor size, age, and stage are among other well-defined clinico pathological prognostic factors. According to the presence of these factors, the patients were classified as low-intermediate and high-risk groups. 80-85% of uterine cancer is an early stage, and 15-20% of patients constitute the advanced high-risk group. In adjuvant therapies, to be able to choose between increasing progression-free survival and inducing toxicity, perhaps identifying stage III-IV patients with higher relapse potential and giving them combined therapies may be an option. Poor risk factors such as positive paraaortic/pelvic LN metastasis, postoperative gross residue, multiple extrauterine spread, high G, lymphovascular invasion, peritoneal spread, papillary/clear cell histology, and advanced age can help us in making more aggressive treatment decisions.

Keywords:
Endometrial cancer, adjuvant therapy, radiotherapy, high-intermediate risk, high risk