2015
High-dose-rate vaginal brachytherapy with chemotherapy for surgically staged localized uterine serous carcinoma
Damast S, Higgins SA, Ratner E, De Leon MC, Mani S, Silasi DA, Azodi M, Santin A, Rutherford T, Schwartz PE. High-dose-rate vaginal brachytherapy with chemotherapy for surgically staged localized uterine serous carcinoma. Journal Of Contemporary Brachytherapy 2015, 7: 35-40. PMID: 25829935, PMCID: PMC4371058, DOI: 10.5114/jcb.2015.48539.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRecurrence-free survivalUterine serous carcinomaComprehensive surgical stagingOverall survivalSurgical stagingSerous carcinomaPara-aortic lymph node dissectionFIGO 2009 stage ICarboplatin-paclitaxel chemotherapyInstitutional chart reviewIsolated vaginal recurrencesSimultaneous lung metastasisLymph node dissectionPelvic control rateKaplan-Meier methodRate vaginal brachytherapyCases of recurrenceMedian followNode dissectionPeritoneal cytologyVaginal brachytherapyVaginal recurrenceTotal hysterectomyChart reviewBrachytherapy dose
2014
FIGO 2008 staging for endometrial cancer
English D, Santin A. FIGO 2008 staging for endometrial cancer. 2014, 82-96. DOI: 10.2217/fmeb2013.13.115.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchFIGO staging systemEndometrial cancer patientsStaging systemEndometrial cancerCancer patientsCervical glandular involvementFIGO stage 1AObstetrics (FIGO) staging systemPositive peritoneal cytologySurgical staging systemClinical staging systemPeritoneal cytologySurgical stagingClinicopathologic studyOverall survivalGlandular involvementPathologic findingsEndometrial carcinomaDisease stageSignificant changesStage 1ACurrent evidenceInvolved nodesAssignment of stageCancer