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Fuat Demirkran, MD
Istanbul University, Cerrahpaa
School Of Medicine, OB&GYN
Department, Gyn Oncology
In developed countries, cancer of the uterine
corpus is the most common malignancy seen in
the female pelvis today
Cervix
22%
49%
Ovary
24%
Endomet
N: 1730 Cervix
22%
3%
Vulva
2%
GTT
Endometrial cancer
spreading cervix
Symptoms of Endometrial Cancer
Stage Patients
I 73 %
II 12 %
III 12 %
IV 3%
Classification of Endometrial Cancer
Cytology
Endometrial cytology to make the diagnosis of EC have been
less successful than sampling.
only 1/3 and of the patients with EC have abnormal c-v
smear.
Endometrial sampling(Biopsy)
Which technique for
endometrial biopsy ?
D&C
Pipelle-endorette
Hysteroscopy
D&C
the oldest technique
reasonable accuracy rate
need general anaesthesia
complications
Gold-standard technique !
False negative rates of D&C are
as high as 6 and 10%.
It is found that in
approximately 60% of the D&C
procedures, less than half of
the uterine cavity is curetted
Stage Survival
I 86 %
II 66 %
III 44 %
IV 16 %
Tumor differentiation and 5-year
survival rate stage I (surgical)
Grade Survival
1 94%
2 88%
3 79%
Relationship between depth of myometrial invasion
and 5-year survival rate
MI Survival rate
<1/3 82.4 %
1/3-1/2 78.0 %
>1/2 66.8 %
FIGO 2009 IA
IB
II
IIIC1
IIIC2
Treatment
IA IB IC II ve >
Grade I Br-RT Ex-RT
Surgery
TAH +BSO
Cytoreduction
Pelvic & para-aortic Lymphadenectomy