title: [Prognostic factors of stage III endometrial carcinoma].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the prognostic factors of surgery-pathological stage III endometrial cancer.
  
  
  METHODS
  The clinical data of 102 patients with stage III endometrial cancer, aged 54.9 (27-79), 71 with endometrioid adenocarcinoma, 31 with non-endometrioid adenocarcinoma, 9 undergoing simple surgical treatment, and 42 receiving radiation, 16 receiving chemotherapy, and 35 receiving chemoradiation after surgery, were analyzed retrospectively. Follow-up was conducted for 56 (3-192) months.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Cox risk model analysis showed that the risk factors for the prognosis of stage III endometrial cancer were pathological types, method of treatment, vascular thrombosis, and age (all P < 0.05). The average survival time of stage III a endometrial cancer patients purely positive in peritoneal cytology was 74.4 months, significantly longer than that of the patients with serosa and/or annex involvement (53.8 months, P < 0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The independent prognostic factors of stage III endometrial cancer are pathological type, method of treatment, vascular thrombosis, and age. The patients with, the prognosis of stage III a endometrial cancer simply positive in peritoneal cytology is better than that with serous and/or annex involvement.
authors.affiliation: Beijing Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100025, China.
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Wei-min
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Kong
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D018269:Carcinoma, Endometrioid / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology*; D016889:Endometrial Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011379:Prognosis