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In light of new NCCN guidelines that state combination chemotherapy + pelvic RT should be reserved for endometrial cancer of at least stage IIIB, will you recommend EBRT in addition to chemotherapy for stage IIIA endometrial cancers?

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Gynecologic Oncology · Cooper Medical School of Rowan University

Well, this is a little hard.

I think it is pretty clear that chemotherapy is really the foundation for treatment of advanced disease. PORTEC-3 looked at women with high risk stage I, stage II, or stage III, or tumors with serous or clear cell histology (very diverse group!) and noted a survival benef...

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