Endometrial Cancer in 40 Years Old or Younger: A Single Center Experience

• Main Authors: Gülşah Selvi Demirtaş, Mehmet Gökçü
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Rabia Yılmaz 2021-05-01
• Series: Journal of Contemporary Medicine
• Subjects: ca 125; , endometrial cancer; treatment; young patients; endometri̇um kanseri̇; tedavi̇; genç hastalar
• Online Access: https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/jcm/issue/60386/887727

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify prognostic factors associated with the successful outcome of endometrial cancer (EC) in women aged ≤40 years. Methods: This was a retrospective cohort study. The medical records of all women aged ≤ 40 years with EC diagnosed on endometrial curettage between 1995 and 2020 were reviewed. Patients who underwent hysterectomy and whose final histopathological evaluation was made in our hospital, or who were evaluated by the members of the tumor board and followed up in our hospital, were included in the study. Results: Median follow-up was 79 months (range 9-192). 42 of 44 patients underwent surgical intervention. 33,4%(n: 14) underwent total abdominal hysterectomy (TAH), bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy (BSO), and pelvic paraaortic lymph node dissection (PPLND). 61.9% (n:26) underwent TAH BSO, and PLND. In one patient (2,4 %) only TAH and in the other patient (2,4%) TAH BSO was performed. Medical treatment was administered to 2 patients who desired to preserve their fertility and had grade 1 endometrioid adenocarcinoma without any evidence of myometrial invasion and a comprehensive evaluation showed no evidence of extra-uterine disease. 26 (59,1%) patients had grade 1, 15(34,1%) had grade 2, and 3(6,8%) had grade 3 adenocarcinoma. CA 125 ≥35 IU/ml was statistically associated with lymph node metastasis (p=0,004), ˃ 50% myometrial invasion (p=0,044), and advanced-stage disease (p=0,048). Conclusions: CA 125 ≥35 IU/ml was statistically associated with lymph node metastasis, deep myometrial invasion, and advanced-stage disease in EC patients ≤ 40 years of age.