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Original Research
Postoperative radiation therapy after vaginal surgery for endometrial cancer
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Institute of Radiology, University of Florence (Italy)
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Institute of Pathologic Anatomy and Histology, University of Florence (Italy)
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Department of Radiotherapy, USL 10/D, Florence (Italy)
Clin. Exp. Obstet. Gynecol. 1982, 9(3), 169–175;
Published: 10 September 1982
Abstract
From 1958 to 1978, 88 consecutive patients affected by endometrial cancer were referred to the Radiology Institute of the University of Florence, for radiation therapy after vaginal hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy. Five and ten-year actuarial survival rates are 71% and 62%. In the evaluable patients, results are analysed according to: extension of the tumor, as assessed by pathological evaluation (60 pats.), histologic grade of differentiation (44 pats.), and neoplastic infiltration of myometrium (32 pats.). When the tumor is limited to the uterine body, a 5-year actuarial survival is achieved in 89% of the cases; when the cervix or the adnexa and other pelvic structures are involved, this percentage decreases to 62.5% and 37.5%. The prognosis is also affected by the histological grade of differentiation and the depth of myometrial infiltration.