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In a surgically staged Stage II Grade 1 endometrial adenocarcinoma, with no other high risk factors, would you treat with brachytherapy alone or add on the pelvic RT?

NCCN recommends brachytherapy plus or minus pelvic RT for surgically staged Grade 1, Stage II patients, but these originally staged IIB patients were not included in PORTEC 2 so not sure what data there is to support eliminating pelvic RT in this subset.
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In a surgically staged Stage II Grade 1 endometrial adenocarcinoma, with no other high risk factors, would you treat with brachytherapy alone or add on the pelvic RT?

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Radiation Oncology · Varian Medical Systems/Allegheny health network
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Yes, the current stage II was excluded from PORTEC 1 and 2 and were part of GOG 99 and GOG 249. With stromal invasion there is risk of nodal, vaginal, and parametrial (if only simple hysterectomy was done) recurrence, and for that reason we offer pelvic EBRT. That being said, if stromal invasion is ...

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Radiation Oncology · Loyola University Medical Center
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In our study of Stage II patients treated with VBT alone, pelvic failure was low, at only 4% at 5 years of follow up. When looking at patients with the most favorable features—microscopic Stage II, G1-2, no LVI, FIGO IA, with a nodal assessment—there were no pelvic failures among 31 patients. I agre...

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Radiation Oncology · Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
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I agree with all above responses. One must evaluate all risk features, but in low grade (1/2) no LVSI, depth of invasion of cervical stroma are important factors to consider, and in most of these patients, vault only would be sufficient.

We recently published our data, and did find that patients with...

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Radiation Oncology · Washington University School of Medicine
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I agree with the above opinions, if no other risk factors were identified and all surgical margins are Path negative.

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