The benefits of a gynecologic oncologist: A pattern of care study for endometrial cancer treatment

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 125-130

  Roland, P Y ^a   Kelly, F J ^a   Kulwicki, C Y ^a   Blitzer, P ^b   Curcio, M ^c   Orr Jr , J W ^a  

^a Florida Society of Gynecologic Oncologists   (United States)

^b 21ST CENTURY ONCOLOGY   (United States)

^c Lee Memorial Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Endometrial Cancer; Gynecologic oncologist; Radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ANAMNESIS; CANCER INVASION; CANCER STAGING; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MYOMETRIUM; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

EID: 1842425428     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2003.12.018     Document Type: Article

References (30)

1. Partridge E., Jessup J., Donaldson E., Taylor P., Randal M., Braley P.et al. 1996 Patient care evaluation study (PCE) of cancer of the corpus uteri, National Cancer Database (NCDB), American College of Surgery. Gynecol. Oncol. 72(3):1999;445.
2. AJCC Corpus uteri. Fleming I.et al. AJCC cancer staging manual. 1997;195-200 Lippincott-Raven, Philadelphia.
3. Announcement FIGO stages - 1988 revision. Gynecol. Oncol. 35:1989;125-127.
4. Podratz K., Mariani A., Webb M. Staging and therapeutic value of lymphadenectomy in endometrial cancer. Gynecol. Oncol. 70:1998;163-164.
5. Grigsby P. Update on radiation therapy for endometrial cancer. Oncology. 16(6):2002;777-795.
6. Orr J. Surgical staging of endometrial cancer: does the patient benefit? Gynecol. Oncol. 71:1998;335-339.
7. Cancer I.U.A. Corpus uteri. Sobin L., Wittekind C. TNM classification of malignant tumours. 1997;151-174 Wiley-Liss, New York.
8. Doering D., Barnhill D., Weiser E., Burke T., Woodward J., Park R. Intraoperative evaluation of depth of myometrial invasion in stage I endometrial adenocarcinoma. Obstet. Gynecol. 74(6):1989;930-933.
9. Malviya V., Deppe G., Malone J., Sundareson A., Lawrence W. Reliability of frozen section examination in identifying poor prognostic indicators in stage I endometrial adenocarcinoma. Gynecol. Oncol. 34(3):1989;299-304.
10. Pastner B., Mann W., Cohen H., Loesch M. Predictive value of preoperative serum CA 125 levels in clinically localized and advanced endometrial carcinoma. Am. J. Obstet. Gynecol. 158(2):1988;399-402.
11. Naumann R., Higgins R., Hall J. The use of adjuvant radiation therapy by members of the Society of Gynecologic Oncology. Gynecol. Oncol. 75:1999;4-9.
12. Orr J., Orr P., Taylor P. Surgical staging of endometrial cancer. Clin. Obstet. Gynecol. 39:1996;656-668.
13. Larson D., Johnson K., Olson K. Pelvic and para-aortic lymphadenectomy for surgical staging of endometrial cancer: morbidity and mortality. Obstet. Gynecol. 79:1992;998-1001.
14. Barnes M., Roland P., Alvarez R., Robertson M., Kilgore L., Austin J.et al. A comparison of treatment strategies for endometrial adenocarcinoma: a decision analysis. Gynecol. Oncol. 68(1):1998;125.
15. Arango H., Hoffman M., Roberts W.et al. Accuracy of lymph node palpation to determine need for lymphadenectomy in gynecologic malignancies. Obstet. Gynecol. 95:2000;553-556.
16. Creutzberg C., van Putten W., Koper P., Lybeert M., Jobsen J., Warlam Rodenhuis C.et al. The morbidity of treatment for patients with stage I endometrial cancer: results from a randomized trial. Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 51(5):2001;1246-1255.
17. Katz A., Njuguna E., Rakowsky E., Sulkes A., Sulkes J., Fenig E. Early development of vaginal shortening during radiation therapy for endometrial or cervical cancer. Int. J. Gynecol. Cancer. 11(3):2001;234-235.
18. Mohan D., Samuels M., Selim M., Shalodi A., Ellis R., Samuels J.et al. Long-term outcomes of therapeutic pelvic lymphadenectomy for stage I endometrial adenocarcinoma. Gynecol. Oncol. 70:1998;165-171.
19. Straughn J., Huh W., Kelly F., Leath C., Kleinberg M., Hydge J.et al. Conservative management of stage I endometrial carcinoma after surgical staging. Gynecol. Oncol. 84(2):2002;194-200.
20. Roberts J., Brunetto J., Keys H., Zaino R., Spirtos N., Bloss J.et al. A phase III randomized study of surgery versus surgery plus adjunctive radiation therapy in intermediate-risk endometrial adenocarcinoma (GOG No. 99). (Abst) Gynecol Oncol. 68:1998;135.
21. Rose P., Cha S., Tak W., Fitzgerald T. Radiation therapy for surgically proven para-aortic node metastasis in endometrial carcinoma. Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 24(On):1992;229-233.
22. Onda T., Yoshikawa H., Mizutani K.et al. Treatment of node-positive endometrial cancer with complete node dissection, chemotherapy and radiation therapy. Br. J. Cancer. 75:1997;1836-1841.
23. Creutzberg C., van Putten W., Koper P., Lybeert M., Jobsen J., Warlam-Rodenhuis C.et al. Surgery and postoperative radiotherapy versus surgery alone for patients with stage-1 endometrial carcinoma: multicentre randomised trial. Lancet. 355:2000;1404-1411.
24. Aalders J., Abeler V., Kolstad P., Onsrud M. Postoperative external irradiation and prognostic parameters in stage I endometrial carcinoma. Obstet. Gynecol. 56:1980;419-426.
25. Malin J., Schuster M., Kahn K., Brook R. Quality of breast cancer care: what do we know? J. Clin. Oncol. 20(21):2002;4381-4393.
26. Zippin C., Lum D., Hankey B. Completeness of hospital cancer case reporting from the SEER program of the national cancer institute. Cancer. 76:1995;2343-2350.
27. Malin J., Kahn K., Adams J.et al. Validity of cancer registry data for measuring the quality of breast cancer care. J. Natl. Cancer Inst. 94:2002;835-844.
28. McNeil B. Shattuck lecture: hidden barriers to improvement in the quality of care. NEJM. 345(22):2001;1612-1620.
29. Chassin M., Glavin R., National Roundtable on Health Care Quality Quality, the urgent need to improve health care quality: Institute of Medicine National Roundtable on Health Care Quality. JAMA. 280:1998;1000-1005.
30. Gershenson D. Why American women are not receiving state-of-the-art gynecologic cancer care. Cancer J. 7(6):2001;450-457.