Long-term survival outcomes in high-risk endometrial cancer patients undergoing sentinel lymph node biopsy alone versus lymphadenectomy.

Vito Andrea Capozzi Andrea RosatiGiuseppe MagliettaVirginia VargiuElisa ScarpelliFrancesco CosentinoGiulio SozziVito ChianteraTullio GhiGiovanni ScambiaRoberto BerrettaFrancesco Fanfani

Published in: International journal of gynecological cancer : official journal of the International Gynecological Cancer Society (2023)

Sentinel lymph node mapping alone in high-risk endometrial cancer appears to be an oncologically safe technique over a long observational time. Systematic lymphadenectomy in this population does not offer a survival advantage.

Keyphrases

sentinel lymph node
endometrial cancer
lymph node
early stage
patients undergoing
neoadjuvant chemotherapy
cross sectional
skeletal muscle
high density
radiation therapy
locally advanced
free survival
robot assisted
weight loss