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Endometrial Cancer Staging
Aka: Endometrial Cancer Staging
- Stages
- Stage I: Tumor limited to uterine corpus (85-91% five year survival)
- Stage Ia: Tumor limited to endometrium
- Stage Ib: Myometrium invasion <50%
- Stage Ic: Myometrium invasion 50% or more
- Stage II: Tumor invades Cervix and uterine corpus (74-83% five year survival)
- Stage IIa: Endocervical gland involvement
- Stage IIb: Invasion of cervical stroma
- Stage III: Tumor local or regional spread (57-66% five year survival)
- Stage IIIa: Peritoneum and serosa involvement (Adnexa may also be involved)
- Stage IIIb: Tumor invades vagina
- Stage IIIc: Pelvic or para-aortic lymph node involvement
- Stage IV: Intra-abdominal or distant metastases (20-25% five year survival)
- Stage IVa: Bladder or bowel mucosa invasion
- Stage IVb: Distant metastases (includes intra-abdominal and inguinal lymph node spread)
- References
- Buchanan (2009) Am Fam Physician 80(10): 1075-88
- Creaman (2006) In J Gynaecol Obstet 95(suppl 1): S105-43
- Sorosky (2008) Obstet Gynecol 111(2 pt 1): 436-47