Compliance with adjuvant treatment guidelines in endometrial cancer: room for improvement in high risk patients

F. A. Eggink, C. H. Mom, D. Boll, N. P. M. Ezendam, R. F. P. M. Kruitwagen, J. M. A. Pijnenborg, M. A. van der Aa, H. W. Nijman*

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Abstract

Objectives. Compliance of physicians with guidelines has emerged as an important indicator for quality of care. We evaluated compliance of physicians with adjuvant therapy guidelines for endometrial cancer patients in the Netherlands in a population-based cohort over a period of 10 years.

Methods. Data from all patients diagnosed with endometrial cancer between 2005 and 2014, without residual tumor after surgical treatment, were extracted from the Netherlands Cancer Registry (N = 14,564). FIGO stage, grade, tumor type and age were used to stratify patients into risk groups. Possible changes in compliance over time and impact of compliance on survival were assessed.

Results. Patients were stratified into low/low-intermediate (52%), high-intermediate (21%) and high (20%) risk groups. Overall compliance with adjuvant therapy guidelines was 85%. Compliance was highest in patients with low/low-intermediate risk (98%, no adjuvant therapy indicated). The lowest compliance was determined in patients with high risk (61%, external beam radiotherapy with/without chemotherapy indicated). Within this group compliance decreased from 64% in 2005-2009 to 57% in 2010-2014. In high risk patients with FIGO stage III serous disease compliance was 55% (chemotherapy with/without radiotherapy indicated) and increased from 41% in 2005-2009 to 66% in 2010-2014.

Conclusion. While compliance of physicians with adjuvant therapy guidelines is excellent in patients with low and low-intermediate risk, there is room for improvement in high risk endometrial cancer patients. Eagerly awaited results of ongoing randomized clinical trials may provide more definitive guidance regarding adjuvant therapy for high risk endometrial cancer patients. (C) 2017 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)380-385
Number of pages6
JournalGynecologic Oncology
Volume146
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Aug 2017

Keywords

  • Endometrial cancer
  • High risk
  • Compliance
  • Guidelines
  • Adjuvant therapy
  • Overall survival
  • EXTERNAL-BEAM RADIOTHERAPY
  • QUALITY-OF-LIFE
  • STAGE-I
  • VAGINAL BRACHYTHERAPY
  • PELVIC RADIOTHERAPY
  • RADIATION-THERAPY
  • RANDOMIZED-TRIAL
  • CORPUS UTERI
  • FOLLOW-UP
  • CARCINOMA

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