Outcomes and relapse patterns of stage IB grade 2 or 3 endometrial cancer treated with adjuvant vaginal brachytherapy
Hochreiter A, Kelly JR, Young MR, Litkouhi B, Black JD, Stromberger C, Higgins S, Schwartz PE, Damast S. Outcomes and relapse patterns of stage IB grade 2 or 3 endometrial cancer treated with adjuvant vaginal brachytherapy. International Journal Of Gynecological Cancer 2019, 30: 48. PMID: 31722964, DOI: 10.1136/ijgc-2019-000675.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDisease-free survivalLower uterine segment involvementPelvic recurrence-free survivalStage IB grade 2Uterine segment involvementLymph node dissectionRecurrence-free survivalEndometrial cancerRisk factorsVaginal brachytherapyOverall survivalGrade 2Endometrioid histologyNode dissectionPelvic recurrenceSegment involvementLymph nodesMyometrial invasionMultivariable Cox proportional hazards regressionEarly-stage endometrial cancerUnderwent lymph node dissectionCox proportional hazards regressionReduced disease-free survivalAdjuvant vaginal brachytherapySole adjuvant therapy