Adjuvant and post-surgical treatment in endometrial cancer

Abstract

Endometrial cancer (EC) usually presented as a localized disease at diagnosis (67%), 20% of patients diagnosed with regional spread, and distant metastasis accounted for 9%. The standard treatments include hysterectomy, bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy, and pelvic with/without paraaortic lymph node dissection/biopsy. Adjuvant therapy is arranged according to risk factors and stages. Risk group classification varied among different guidelines and studies and evolved with time. Adjuvant modalities include chemotherapy, radiotherapy, chemoradiotherapy, antiangiogenesis agents, immune checkpoint inhibitors, and multi-target agents. We review the recent literature to incorporate important advances in trial results, real-world big data, and knowledge in biomarkers of EC to update appropriate adjuvant therapy and post-surgical treatment of EC patients.

Keywords: Adjuvant therapy; Endometrial cancer; Primary staging surgery.