Sentinel node mapping vs. sentinel node mapping plus back-up lymphadenectomy in high-risk endometrial cancer patients : Results from a multi-institutional study

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OBJECTIVE: Sentinel node mapping (SLN) has replaced lymphadenectomy for staging surgery in apparent early-stage low and intermediate risk endometrial cancer (EC). Only limited data about the adoption of SNM in high risk EC is still available. Here, we evaluate the outcomes of high-risk EC undergoing SNM (with or without back-up lymphadenectomy).

METHODS: This is a multi-institutional international retrospective study, evaluating data of high-risk (FIGO grade 3 endometrioid EC with myometrial invasion >50% and non-endometrioid histology) EC patients undergoing SNM followed by back-up lymphadenectomy and SNM alone.

RESULTS: Chart of consecutive 196 patients were evaluated. The study population included 83 and 113 patients with endometrioid and non-endometrioid EC, respectively. SNM alone and SNM followed by back-up lymphadenectomy were performed in 50 and 146 patients, respectively. Among patients having SNM alone, 14 (28%) were diagnosed with nodal disease. In the group of patients undergoing SNM plus back-up lymphadenectomy 34 (23.2%) were diagnosed with nodal disease via SNM. Back-up lymphadenectomy identified 2 (1%) additional patients with nodal disease (in the para-aortic area). Back-up lymphadenectomy allowed to remove adjunctive positive nodes in 16 (11%) patients. After the adoption of propensity-matched algorithm, we observed that patients undergoing SNM plus back-up lymphadenectomy experienced similar disease-free survival (p = 0.416, log-rank test) and overall survival (p = 0.940, log-rank test) than patients undergoing SLN alone.

CONCLUSIONS: Although the small sample size, and the retrospective study design this study highlighted that type of nodal assessment did not impact survival outcomes in high-risk EC. Theoretically, back-up lymphadenectomy would be useful in improving the removal of positive nodes, but its therapeutic value remains controversial. Further prospective evidence is needed.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:161

Enthalten in:

Gynecologic oncology - 161(2021), 1 vom: 20. Apr., Seite 122-129

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Bogani, Giorgio [VerfasserIn]
Papadia, Andrea [VerfasserIn]
Buda, Alessandro [VerfasserIn]
Casarin, Jvan [VerfasserIn]
Di Donato, Violante [VerfasserIn]
Gasparri, Maria Luisa [VerfasserIn]
Plotti, Francesco [VerfasserIn]
Pinelli, Ciro [VerfasserIn]
Paderno, Maria Chiara [VerfasserIn]
Lopez, Salvatore [VerfasserIn]
Perrone, Anna Myriam [VerfasserIn]
Barra, Fabio [VerfasserIn]
Guerrisi, Rocco [VerfasserIn]
Brusadelli, Claudia [VerfasserIn]
Cromi, Antonella [VerfasserIn]
Ferrari, Debora [VerfasserIn]
Chiapp, Valentina [VerfasserIn]
Signorelli, Mauro [VerfasserIn]
Leone Roberti Maggiore, Umberto [VerfasserIn]
Ditto, Antonino [VerfasserIn]
Palaia, Innocenza [VerfasserIn]
Ferrero, Simone [VerfasserIn]
De Iaco, Pierandrea [VerfasserIn]
Angioli, Roberto [VerfasserIn]
Panici, Pierluigi Benedetti [VerfasserIn]
Ghezzi, Fabio [VerfasserIn]
Landoni, Fabio [VerfasserIn]
Mueller, Michael D [VerfasserIn]
Raspagliesi, Francesco [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Endometrial cancer
Journal Article
Lymphadenectomy
Multicenter Study
Sentinel node
Staging
Survival

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Date Completed 21.09.2021

Date Revised 21.09.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.ygyno.2021.01.008

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM32047786X