During the 10 years period from January 1984 to December 1993, 70 cases of endometrial carcinoma were encountered at Kosin Medical College & Medical Center.
Out of 70 cases, 60 cases were treated primarily at our hospital. From these patients, 46 cases underwent surgical treatment (12 cases, Radical hysterectomy with lymph node dissection or biopsy and 34 cases, Total abdominal hysterectomy with
bilateral
salpingoophorectomy) and 12 cases received radiotherapy only and remaining 2 cases, one case received radiotherapy with adjuveant chemotherapy and one case was treated with ovulation induction.
There were 52 cases with adenocarcinoma, 4 with adenoacanthoma, 4 with adenosquamous cell carcinoma, 4 with papillary serous adenocarcinoma and 4 with clear cell carcinoma.
Among 70 cases, 36 cases wyre followed up at lesst 2 years and 2-year survival rate varied according of the following; stage of disease stage I 100%, stage II 60.0%, stage III 50%, stage IV 33.3%; tumor grade grade I 93.7%, grade II 50.0%, grade
III
62.5%; age under 40 100%, between 41 and 60 91.3%, over 61 30.0%; the mean 2-year survival rate was 75.0%.
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