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European Journal of Gynaecological Oncology (EJGO) is published by IMR Press from Volume 40 Issue 1 (2019). Previous articles were published by another publisher on a subscription basis, and they are hosted by IMR Press on imrpress.com as a courtesy and upon agreement with S.O.G.

Case Report
Synchronous primary endometrial and fallopian tube cancers
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1 2nd Department of Gynecology, St. Savvas Anticancer-Oncologic Hospital, Athens
2 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Amfissa General Hospital, Amfissa
3 Department of Pathology, St. Savvas Anticancer-Oncologic Hospital, Athens (Greece)
Eur. J. Gynaecol. Oncol. 2010, 31(4), 467–468;
Published: 10 August 2010
Abstract

Background: Synchronous primary cancers are relatively uncommon in the general population. We present a case of synchronous primary endometrial and fallopian tube cancers and review the literature. Case: The patient, a 54-year-old, gravida 2, para 2 postmenopausal Greek woman presented with a complaint of abnormal vaginal bleeding. She underwent total abdominal hysterectomy with bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy and total omentectomy. The histopathology revealed synchronous primary cancers of the endometrium and right fallopian tube. The patient underwent postoperative chemotherapy and postoperative radiotherapy. She remains well without evidence of disease, 65 months after initial surgery. Conclusion: The reason for the better median overall survival of patients with synchronous primary endometrial and fallopian tube cancers is not intuitively obvious. Perhaps it is due to the detection of patients at earlier clinical stage and lower grade disease state.
Keywords
Synchronous primary cancers
Endometrial cancer
Fallopian tube cancer
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