Review

Postoperative radiotherapy in the treatment of endometrial cancer: Review of 158 patients

Volume: 3 Number: 3 March 15, 2019
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Postoperative radiotherapy in the treatment of endometrial cancer: Review of 158 patients

Abstract

Aim: Endometrial cancer is the most common gynecological cancer in the West. It is the third cancer of women after that of the breast and intestine. It mainly concerns menopausal women. Our aim is to highlight, through a retrospective study and in light of literature data, the role of radiotherapy in the management of this cancer.

Methods: This is a retrospective cohort study concerning patients' records for endometrial in the radiotherapy department at university hospital center of FEZ for a period of 5 years from January 2012 to December 2016.

Results: We collected 158 patients of mean age 64 years (36 to 92 years), all patients had a total hysterectomy with (76% of cases) or without (24% of cases) ganglion dissection. Type 1 was the most common histological type (96% of cases). The myometrial invasion was greater than 50% in 51% of cases, histological grade III in 36% of cases, and cervical invasion was observed in 16% of cases. Therapeutically, 18% of patients received exclusive external radiotherapy at a dose of 50 Gy in conventional fractionation and spreading, a TEN at a dose of 46 Gy followed by a brachytherapy dam in 58% of cases, and 24% of patients received brachytherapy alone.

After an average follow-up of 25 months, 91% of the patients are in good locoregional control, 9% of the patients had distant metastases.

Conclusion: Radiotherapy retains an important place in the therapeutic strategy of high endometrial cancers, or with unfavorable histological characters, and thus allows the reduction of locoregional recurrence rates.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Clinical Sciences

Journal Section

Review

Publication Date

March 15, 2019

Submission Date

October 23, 2018

Acceptance Date

November 28, 2018

Published in Issue

Year 2019 Volume: 3 Number: 3

APA
Allouche, F., Terrab, F. Z., Ghammad, S., Ennouichi, R., Alami, Z., Bouhafa, T., & Hassouni, K. (2019). Postoperative radiotherapy in the treatment of endometrial cancer: Review of 158 patients. Journal of Surgery and Medicine, 3(3), 210-213. https://doi.org/10.28982/josam.474012
AMA
1.Allouche F, Terrab FZ, Ghammad S, et al. Postoperative radiotherapy in the treatment of endometrial cancer: Review of 158 patients. J Surg Med. 2019;3(3):210-213. doi:10.28982/josam.474012
Chicago
Allouche, Fadwa, Fatima Zahra Terrab, Sanae Ghammad, et al. 2019. “Postoperative Radiotherapy in the Treatment of Endometrial Cancer: Review of 158 Patients”. Journal of Surgery and Medicine 3 (3): 210-13. https://doi.org/10.28982/josam.474012.
EndNote
Allouche F, Terrab FZ, Ghammad S, Ennouichi R, Alami Z, Bouhafa T, Hassouni K (March 1, 2019) Postoperative radiotherapy in the treatment of endometrial cancer: Review of 158 patients. Journal of Surgery and Medicine 3 3 210–213.
IEEE
[1]F. Allouche et al., “Postoperative radiotherapy in the treatment of endometrial cancer: Review of 158 patients”, J Surg Med, vol. 3, no. 3, pp. 210–213, Mar. 2019, doi: 10.28982/josam.474012.
ISNAD
Allouche, Fadwa - Terrab, Fatima Zahra - Ghammad, Sanae - Ennouichi, Rajae - Alami, Zineb - Bouhafa, Touria - Hassouni, Khalid. “Postoperative Radiotherapy in the Treatment of Endometrial Cancer: Review of 158 Patients”. Journal of Surgery and Medicine 3/3 (March 1, 2019): 210-213. https://doi.org/10.28982/josam.474012.
JAMA
1.Allouche F, Terrab FZ, Ghammad S, Ennouichi R, Alami Z, Bouhafa T, Hassouni K. Postoperative radiotherapy in the treatment of endometrial cancer: Review of 158 patients. J Surg Med. 2019;3:210–213.
MLA
Allouche, Fadwa, et al. “Postoperative Radiotherapy in the Treatment of Endometrial Cancer: Review of 158 Patients”. Journal of Surgery and Medicine, vol. 3, no. 3, Mar. 2019, pp. 210-3, doi:10.28982/josam.474012.
Vancouver
1.Fadwa Allouche, Fatima Zahra Terrab, Sanae Ghammad, Rajae Ennouichi, Zineb Alami, Touria Bouhafa, Khalid Hassouni. Postoperative radiotherapy in the treatment of endometrial cancer: Review of 158 patients. J Surg Med. 2019 Mar. 1;3(3):210-3. doi:10.28982/josam.474012