Is frozen-section diagnosis a reliable guide in surgical treatment of stage I endometrial carcinoma?
Frozen-section diagnoses and paraffin-section diagnoses were compared in 154 patients in stage I endometrial adenocarcinoma. In 134 (87%) of the 154 patients (p < 0.001), a corresponding depth of myometrial invasion was found, and in 132 (85.7%) patients the same tumor grade was established (p < 0.001). Frozen-section diagnosis of stage I endometrial adenocarcinoma is reliable for estimation of the extent of disease and accurately identifies patients who require surgical staging.
Kayikçioğlu
Fulya
F
SSK Ankara Maternity Hospital, Department of Gynecologic Oncology, Ankara, Turkey. akayikci@hacettepe.edu.tr
Boran
Nurettin
N
Meydanli
Mutlu M
MM
Tulunay
Gökhan
G
Köse
Faruk M
FM
Bülbül
Dilek
D
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D016889:Endometrial Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005629:Frozen Sections; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy; D008197:Lymph Node Excision; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D010052:Ovariectomy; D016612:Paraffin Embedding; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity