Surgical staging identifies occult metastases in over 50% of uterine-confined carcinosarcoma
More than 50% of patients with pre-operative "uterine-confined" carcinosarcoma were upstaged on final pathology, mostly commonly to Stage III. Our findings underscore the importance of surgical staging since upstaging carries critical prognostic information and implications for adjuvant treatment planning.
Authors
- Jayanthi Lea (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8657-4309)
- David Scott Miller (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8215-5887)
- Hannah Beer
- William Vintzileos
Institutions
- The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Gynecologic Oncology Reports
- Published
- 2025-03-18
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gore.2025.101722
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Uterine Myomas and Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.06