Huei-Jean Huang, Yun-Hsin Tang, Hung-Hsueh Chou, Lan-Yan Yang, Angel Chao, Yi-Ting Huang, Gigin Lin, Feng-Yuan Liu, Ting-Chang Chang, Chyong-Huey Lai
OBJECTIVE: Our aim was to investigate the outcomes and prognostic factors after treatment failure of endometrial cancer. METHODS: A total of 923 endometrial cancer patients were treated between 2000 and 2010, of which 109 experienced treatment failure. Treatment failure was defined as relapse after complete removal of all cancerous lesions or persistent/progressive disease despite treatment. Variables including clinicopathological features at initial treatment, type of primary treatment, failure pattern, salvage treatment, and outcomes were analyzed...
June 2014: International Journal of Gynecological Cancer