title: Uterine adenosarcomas: A dual-institution experience.
abstract: There has been limited literature about treatment and follow-up strategies of uterine adenosarcomas because of their rare nature. For this study we retrospectively investigated the medical database of the two major womens' health hospitals in Turkey. A total of 15 patients were identified from the hospital's database. Median follow-up was 86.43 months for all patients. Seven out of 15 patients had recurrences during their follow-up. Among these 7 patients, 4 of them had stage IA disease. Median Disease Free Survival (DFS) and Overall Survival (OS) were calculated as 41.47 and 57.21 months, respectively. According to our study, polypoid tumours confined to the uterus with superficial myometrial invasion can be treated without comprehensive surgical staging. We believe that, publishing all the data in an organised manner even though they are small in size, gives us an opportunity to design meta-analysis for the development of more appropriate treatment strategies.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Gynaecologic Oncology , Zekai Tahir Burak Women Health Education and Research Hospital , Ankara , Turkey.
authors.forename: Emre
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Özgü
authors.affiliation: b Department of Gynaecologic Oncology , Etlik Zübeyde Hanım Women Health Education and Research Hospital , Ankara , Turkey.
authors.forename: Mehmet Ali
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Narin
authors.affiliation: a Department of Gynaecologic Oncology , Zekai Tahir Burak Women Health Education and Research Hospital , Ankara , Turkey.
authors.forename: Hakan Raşit
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Yalçın
authors.affiliation: b Department of Gynaecologic Oncology , Etlik Zübeyde Hanım Women Health Education and Research Hospital , Ankara , Turkey.
authors.forename: Tolga
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Taşçı
authors.affiliation: a Department of Gynaecologic Oncology , Zekai Tahir Burak Women Health Education and Research Hospital , Ankara , Turkey.|c Depertment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology , Hitit University Faculty of Medcine , Çorum , Turkey.
authors.forename: Tayfun
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Güngör
authors.affiliation: d Department of Pathology , Etlik Zübeyde Hanım Women Health Education and Research Hospital , Ankara , Turkey.
authors.forename: Deniz
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Çavuşoğlu
authors.affiliation: a Department of Gynaecologic Oncology , Zekai Tahir Burak Women Health Education and Research Hospital , Ankara , Turkey.
authors.forename: Mehmet Mutlu
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Meydanlı
authors.affiliation: b Department of Gynaecologic Oncology , Etlik Zübeyde Hanım Women Health Education and Research Hospital , Ankara , Turkey.
authors.forename: Gökhan
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tulunay
mesh_terms: D018195:Adenosarcoma / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D016208:Databases, Factual; D018572:Disease-Free Survival; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014421:Turkey; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D014599:Uterus / Q000473:pathology
keywords: Adenosarcoma; sarcomatous overgrowth; survival