Clinicopathologic features, treatment, prognosis and prognostic factors of neuroendocrine carcinoma of the endometrium: a retrospective analysis of 42 cases from the Kansai Clinical Oncology Group/Intergroup study in Japan.
Harunobu MatsumotoMototsugu ShimokawaKaei NasuAyumi ShikamaTakaya ShiozakiMasayuki FutagamiKentaro KaiHiroaki NaganoTaisuke MoriMitsutake YanoNorihiro SuginoEtsuko FujimotoNorihito YoshiokaSatoshi NakagawaMuneaki ShimadaHideki TokunagaYuki YamadaTomohiko TsurutaKazuto TasakiRyutaro NishikawaShiho KujiTakashi MotohashiKimihiko ItoTakashi YamadaNorihiro TeramotoPublished in: Journal of gynecologic oncology (2020)
Our findings suggest that complete surgery improves the prognosis of neuroendocrine carcinoma of the endometrium. Even among cases with advanced disease stages, if complete surgery is expected to be achieved, clinicians should consider curative surgery to improve the prognosis of neuroendocrine carcinoma of the endometrium.