[Radiotherapy of cancer of the endometrium. Analysis of 53 cases]

Fifty three patients with endometrial carcinoma received radiotherapy from 1986 to 1987, at the Hospital de Oncologia Centro Medico Nacional. Radiotherapy was given preoperatively in five patients, postoperatively in thirty nine patients, and radical in nine cases. Obesity, Hypertension and Diabetes were present in 60%. The patients have been in control from 3 to 44 months, with average of 18 months. Diagnosis was realized for genital bleeding 45/53 (85%), and increased uterine size 6/53 (11%). There were stage I 24/53 (45%), stage II 13/53 (24%) patients. Non classified eight cases, five of them were without tumoral activity at initial valoration, and three had tumor present. We analyzed stage treatment utilized, correlated with morbidity, tumoral response, free survival. We concluded that staging surgery is effective to chose the type of treatment.