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Can intermediate-risk node-negative patients with stage I corpus cancer do without posthysterectomy radiotherapy? Review of a 13-year experience
A retrospective comparative study of 41 patients with stage I corpus cancer, negative surgical staging, and adverse pathological features either treated or untreated by posthysterectomy radiotherapy (PHR) during a 13-year period was undertaken. The patients were matched for age, intermediate-risk classification, number of sampled nodes and the presence of coexisting illness. After complete follow-up, there was no significant difference in outcome between the patient groups. Unless it can be shown definitely that PHR is beneficial, its use in intermediate-risk node-negative stage I corpus cancer patients must be seriously questioned.