[Prognostic factors and results of treatment in endometrial carcinoma]

158 patients with endometrial cancer who were treated between 1980-1990 at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hospital Berlin-Buch, were reviewed retrospectively with regard to prognostical and therapeutical aspects. The 5-year-survival rate of all patients amounted to 84%. The 5-year-survivals were 92.6% for stage I, 87.5% for stage II and 47.6% for stage III (old FIGO classification). Depth of myometrial invasion, lymph-vascular space involvement, lymph-nodal status, tumor type and grading are of dominant prognostic value. Surgery was the treatment of choice in all reviewed cases. No statistically significant difference was observed in the 5-year survival rate between vaginal and abdominal hysterectomy. The 5-year survival rate for cases with vaginal hysterectomy was 85.4% and for abdominal hysterectomy 87.8%.