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    Chemotherapy plus radiotherapy vs . radiotherapy alone in high-risk endometrioid endometrial carcinoma
    (Verduci Publisher, 2022-01-01) Ocak, B.; Şahin, Ahmet Bilgehan; ŞAHİN, AHMET BİLGEHAN; Abakay, Candan Demiröz; DEMİRÖZ ABAKAY, CANDAN; Çubukçu, Erdem; ÇUBUKÇU, ERDEM; Deligönül, Adem; DELİGÖNÜL, ADEM; Caner, Burcu; CANER, BURCU; Evrensel, Türkkan; EVRENSEL, TÜRKKAN; Özerkan, Kemal; ÖZERKAN, KEMAL; DAKİKİ KORUCU, BAHAR; İşlek, G.; Tıp Fakültesi; Onkoloji Ana Bilim Dalı; 0000-0002-7846-0870; 0000-0001-9255-2475; AAM-4927-2020; ABA-2897-2021
    OBJECTIVE: Adding chemo-therapy to radiotherapy in patients with high-risk endometrioid endometrial cancer (EEC) remains controversial, particularly in stages I-II. We aimed to investigate the effect of treat-ment modalities on survival in high-risk EEC patients. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Patients with high-risk EEC were evaluated retrospectively between 2010 and 2019. Patients who did not re-ceive adjuvant treatment were excluded. We in-cluded seventy patients and formed two groups: patients who received radiotherapy (RT) alone and those who received chemotherapy and ra-diotherapy (CT and RT). RESULTS: The median follow-up time was 60.3 months (8.0-143.5). 38.5% of the patients had relapsed. Recurrence-free survival (RFS) rates were 97. 1%, 68.3% , and 60.8% at 12-, 36-, and 60-month, respectively. Overall survival rates were 97.1%, 80.6%, and 72.6% at 12-, 36-, and 60-month, respectively. Hematological adverse events and neuropathy were more common in the CT and RT group than in the RT group. Multi-variate Cox regression analysis for RFS revealed that the FIGO stage and treatment modalities were statistically independent factors (p=0.031 and p=0.040, respectively). Stage stratified log-rank test revealed that adding chemotherapy im-proved RFS in patients with stage III (p=0.020) but not in stage I-II disease (p=0.725). The num-ber of chemotherapy cycles administered (<= 4 vs. > 4) did not affect survival in all patients and stage III disease (p=0.497, and p=0.436, respec-tively). CONCLUSIONS: Adding chemotherapy to radiotherapy may be considered in high-risk stage III EEC. Further studies are needed to determine the optimal duration of chemother-apy.
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    Improving locoregional outcome in high-intermediate-risk and high-risk stage i endometrial cancer with surgical staging followed by brachytherapy
    (Korean Soc Therapeutic Radiology & Oncology, 2022-06-01) Arslan, Sonay; Abakay, Candan Demiröz; DEMİRÖZ ABAKAY, CANDAN; Çetintaş, Sibel; ÇETİNTAŞ, SİBEL; Kurt, Meral; KURT, MERAL; Tıp Fakültesi; Radyasyon Onkolojisi Ana Bilim Dalı
    Purpose: This study aims to assess the locoregional efficacy of postoperative vaginal brachytherapy (VBT) alone in patients undergoing surgical staging for early-stage high-intermediate-risk (HIR) and high-risk (HR) endometrial cancer.Materials and Methods: One hundred and four patients with early-stage HIR and HR endometrial cancer who underwent surgical staging were treated with adjuvant VBT alone. The patients with stage lb, grade I-III, stage la, grade III, lower uterine segment involvement, and lymphovascular invasion (LVI) were included to study.Results: The 5- and 10-year overall survival (OS) rates were 87% and 76%, respectively. The 5- and 10-year DFS rates were 86 0 10 and 86%, respectively. Among the patients, 92 % had endometrioid adenocarcinoma, 2% had undifferentiated carcinoma, 2 % had serous papillary carcinoma, and 4 % had clear-cell carcinoma. Of the patients, 6396 had stage lb disease, while 3796 had stage la disease. None of the patients had vaginal or pelvic lymph node recurrence, whereas two had para-aortic lymph node metastasis, one had surgical scar recurrence, one had para-aortic lymph node and brain metastasis, and one had lung metastasis. The presence of lymphatic invasion was found to be a statistically significant prognostic factor for increased distant metastasis rates (p = 0.020). Lymphatic invasion was also regarded as an independent prognostic factor for metastasis-free survival (p = 0.044).Conclusion: Our study results suggest that postoperative VBT alone is an effective and safe treatment modality with low complication in patients undergoing surgical staging for HIR and HR endometrial cancer.