title: Stage III carcinoma of the endometrium: a review of 41 cases.
abstract: Forty-one patients with clinical-pathological stage III carcinoma of the endometrium treated between January 1958 and December 1983 at the Ottawa General Hospital were analyzed. Twenty-three patients (56%) presented with clinical stage III and 18 (44%) with pathological stage III. The 5-year survival of all stage III patients was 35%. Patients with clinical stage III had a 5-year survival of 8% compared to 70% for patients with pathological stage III (P less than 0.01). Twenty-nine patients (71%) failed. The site of first recurrence was limited to the abdominal cavity in all but 6 patients (79%). The role of whole abdominal radiation is discussed.
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*