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Redefining stage I endometrial cancer: incorporating histology, a binary grading system, myometrial invasion, and
Joyce N Barlin1, Robert A Soslow, Megan Lutz
1*Gynecology Service, Department of Surgery, †Department of Pathology, and ‡Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; §Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY; ∥Gynecologic Medical Oncology Service, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; and ¶Department of Pathology and Molecular Genetics and Research Laboratory, Hospital Universitari Arnau de Vilanova, University of Lleida, IRBLLEIDA, Lleida, Spain.
Objective:
We propose a new staging system for stage I endometrial cancer and compare its performance to the 1988 and 2009 International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) systems.
Methods:
We analyzed patients with 1988 FIGO stage I endometrial cancer from January 1993 to August 2011. Low-grade carcinoma consisted of endometrioid grade 1 to grade 2 lesions. High-grade carcinoma consisted of endometrioid grade 3 or nonendometrioid carcinomas (serous, clear cell, and carcinosarcoma). The proposed system is as follows:IA. Low-grade carcinoma with less than half myometrial invasionIB. High-grade carcinoma with no myometrial invasionIC. Low-grade carcinoma with half or greater myometrial invasionID. High-grade carcinoma with any myometrial invasion
Results:
Data from 1843 patients were analyzed. When patients were restaged with our proposed system, the 5-year overall survival significantly differed (P < 0.001): IA1, 96.7%; IA2, 92.2%; IB1, 92.2%; IB2, 76.4%; IC1, 83.9%; IC2, 78.6%; ID1, 81.1%; and ID2, 68.8%. The bootstrap-corrected concordance probability estimate for the proposed system was 0.627 (95% confidence interval, 0.590-0.664) and was superior to the concordance probability estimate of 0.530 (95% confidence interval, 0.516-0.544) for the 2009 FIGO system.
Conclusions:
By incorporating histological subtype, grade, myometrial invasion, and whether lymph nodes were removed, our proposed system for stage I endometrial cancer has a superior predictive ability over the 2009 FIGO staging system and provides a novel binary grading system (low-grade including endometrioid grade 1-2 lesions; high-grade carcinoma consisting of endometrioid grade 3 carcinomas and nonendometrioid carcinomas).
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