Endometrial cancer: A Society of Gynecologic Oncology evidence-based review and recommendations: Part I

In the time since the last Clinical Practice Committee review of treatment of women with endometrial cancer in 2021, the field of gynecologic oncology has seen significant changes in endometrial cancer from understanding risk factors, addition of molecular staging, and expanded use of maintenance and targeted therapies. Despite these advances, the incidence of endometrial cancer as well as the deaths attributable to the disease continued to rise. Fortunately, since then, there has been progress in the treatment of patients with endometrial cancer, including increased utilization of molecular pathology, greater understanding of genetic predisposition, enhanced methods for lymph node assessment, a broader understanding of the efficacy of radiation and chemotherapy, and a more efficient approach to survivorship and surveillance. The purpose of this document is to present a comprehensive review of this progress.

The authors reviewed the available evidence, contributed to the development of this manuscript, provided critical review of the guidelines, and finalized the manuscript recommendations. The review was also presented to and approved by the Society of Gynecologic Oncology (SGO) Clinical Practice Committee, Document Review Panel, and the Board of Directors prior to submission for publication. The recommendations for this manuscript were developed by a panel of gynecologic oncologists who were members of the SGO Clinical Practice Committee and subject matter experts. Panelists reviewed and considered evidence from current uterine cancer literature. The terminology used in these guidelines was adopted from the ASCCP management guidelines [1] using a two-part rating system to grade the strength of recommendation and quality of evidence (Table 1). The rating for each recommendation is given in parentheses.