[Endometrial carcinoma. Application of the guidelines of 2010: multicentre trial]

Bull Cancer. 2014 Jul-Aug;101(7-8):703-13. doi: 10.1684/bdc.2014.1955.
[Article in French]

Abstract

The endometrial cancer is the most frequent gynecological cancer. To improve and homogenize the professional practices of endometrial cancer, guidelines were developed in November 2010. The aim of this study is to estimate the implementation of these recommendations. This is a retrospective multicentre study, using the databases of three French centers made between November 2010 and December 2012: the university hospital in Reims, the Tenon hospital in Paris and the Cancer Center Georges-François-Leclerc in Dijon. This study consists in the evaluation of the diagnoses and therapeutic assessment modalities for women with endometrial cancer and the concordance with the INCa guidelines. During this study, 161 patients were treated for an endometrial cancer. A histological and radiological preoperative assessment was respectively made in 92.5% and 73.3% of the cases. It revealed an agreement between anatomo-radiologic pre- and postoperative in 62.3% and 53.4% of the cases for myometrial invasion and the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetric classification. The surgical modalities were in agreement with the guidelines in 64.6% (n = 104) and 60.3% (n = 97) of the cases. The discrepancy of the guidelines resulted from the absence or the excess realization of a lymphadenectomy. An adjuvant therapy was administered in 67.1% (n = 108) of the cases and was in agreement with the guidelines in 62.3% of the cases. s The pre- and postoperative discordance between histological and radiological results are at the origin of a default in treatment for certain patients. This discordance leads to excess or lack of nodes exploration.

Keywords: MRI; adjuvant therapy; anatomopathologic; endometrial cancer; guidelines.

Publication types

  • Evaluation Study

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Cancer Care Facilities
  • Chemotherapy, Adjuvant / methods
  • Chemotherapy, Adjuvant / statistics & numerical data
  • Databases, Factual
  • Endometrial Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Endometrial Neoplasms / pathology
  • Endometrial Neoplasms / therapy*
  • Female
  • France
  • Humans
  • Hysterectomy / methods
  • Hysterectomy / statistics & numerical data
  • Lymph Node Excision
  • Middle Aged
  • Neoplasm Staging
  • Practice Guidelines as Topic*
  • Preoperative Care
  • Radiography
  • Radiotherapy, Adjuvant / methods
  • Radiotherapy, Adjuvant / statistics & numerical data
  • Retrospective Studies