title: Prognostic factors and adjuvant therapy in uterine carcinosarcoma.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The objective of this retrospective study was to investigate prognostic variables and impact of adjuvant therapy in uterine carcinosarcoma.
  
  
  METHODS
  The clinical information and pathological confirmation were reviewed for cases with uterine carcinosarcoma from 1984 to 2005. A total of 45 patients were eligible for analysis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The median follow-up for survivors was 84 months. Five-year overall survival and progression-free survival (PFS) rates were 36.5% and 33.8%, respectively for Stage I-IV. Distant site metastasis with/without pelvic failure occurred in 83.3% of those with recurrence/progression. By multivariate analysis, older age (p = 0.001) and more than half of myometrial invasion (p = 0.002) were significant predictors of death, while only myometrial invasion (p = 0.022) was significantly associated with PFS. Stratified analyses demonstrated a monotonic trend of chemotherapy or chemoradiation to decrease death.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our results suggested that age and depth of myometrial invasion were significant prognostic factors, and chemotherapy or chemoradiation seemed to be beneficial for uterine carcinosarcoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
authors.forename: T I
authors.initials: TI
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: K H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Hsu
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hsueh
authors.forename: H H
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Chou
authors.forename: C S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Tsai
authors.forename: K C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Ho
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chao
authors.forename: T C
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: C H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Lai
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002296:Carcinosarcoma / Q000401:mortality* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D017024:Chemotherapy, Adjuvant; D018572:Disease-Free Survival; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009215:Myometrium / Q000473:pathology; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D011379:Prognosis; D018714:Radiotherapy, Adjuvant; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D015996:Survival Rate; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*