The incidence of endometrial cancer has increased in the last years and this malignancy has become the first cause of death for pelvic gynecologic cancer in the United States and other developed countries. In Chile, the endometrial cancer represent the third place following cervical cancer.
The diagnosis of endometrial cancer is usually made when the disease is confined to the corpus uteri, that is at the initial states of the disease, which is different to the other gynecological cancers. This previous characteristic is associated with good prognosis, high
survival rate, and even could convert the endometrial cancer into a curable neoplasm.
The etapification of this disease was made by clinical parameters until the late eighties, however this classification showed not to be completely accurate because there was about 25% of the patient that died in the beginning states of the disease. This and others
factors, highlights the need of a more exact classification and were the base of the surgical etapification of the endometrial cancer.
The aim of this review is to analyze the theoretical bases that supports the actual surgical classification of the endometrial cancer, emphasizing the different roles of the surger y that has become the clue piece in the management of this condition.
Keywords:
Neoplasias Endometriales/cirugía, Estadificación de Neoplasias, Neoplasias Endometriales/diagnóstico
González, P. ., & Puga, M. (2005). Fundamentos de la etapificación quirúrgica del cáncer de endometrio. Revista Hospital Clínico Universidad De Chile, 16(1), pp. 24–33. https://doi.org/10.5354/2735-7996.2005.78924
