Lymphadenectomy issues in endometrial cancer.

Yosuke Konno Hiroshi Asano Ayumi Shikama Daisuke Aoki Michihiro Tanikawa Akinori Oki Koji Horie Akira Mitsuhashi Akira Kikuchi Hideki Tokunaga Yasuhisa Terao Toyomi Satoh Kimio Ushijma Mitsuya Ishikawa Nobuo Yaegashi Hidemichi Watari

Published in: Journal of gynecologic oncology (2021)

Our strategy seems reasonable to omit lymphadenectomy and could be generalized in clinical practice. JCOG1412 is a high-quality lymphadenectomy trial in terms of the quality of surgical procedures, which would draw the bona-fide conclusions regarding the therapeutic role of lymphadenectomy for endometrial cancer.

Keyphrases

endometrial cancer
lymph node
lymph node metastasis
early stage
sentinel lymph node
robot assisted
clinical practice
phase iii
squamous cell carcinoma
clinical trial
study protocol
radiation therapy
quality improvement