Bruna Tirapelli Goncalves, Ricardo Dos Reis, Reitan Ribeiro, Renato Moretti-Marques, Fernanda Karoline Schamme, Gabriela Silva Oliveira, Audrey Tieko Tsunoda, Vanessa Alvarenga-Bezerra, Andre Lopes, Caroline Batista Pinheiro Pastore, Lillian Yuri Kumagai, Carlos Chaves Faloppa, Henrique Mantoan, Levon Badiglian-Filho, Louise De Brot, Carlos Eduardo Mattos Cunha Andrade, Glauco Baiocchi
OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the prevalence of post-operative complications and quality of life (QoL) related to sentinel lymph node (SLN) biopsy vs systematic lymphadenectomy in endometrial cancer. METHODS: A prospective cohort included women with early-stage endometrial carcinoma who underwent lymph node staging, grouped as follows: SLN group (sentinel lymph node only) and SLN+LND group (sentinel lymph node biopsy with addition of systematic lymphadenectomy). The patients had at least 12 months of follow-up, and QoL was assessed by European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cervical Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire 30 (EORTC-QLQ-C30) and EORTC-QLQ-Cx24...
September 12, 2023: International Journal of Gynecological Cancer