PMID: 12788186Jun 6, 2003Paper

Whole abdomen radiotherapy for patients with peritoneal dissemination of endometrial adenocarcinoma

International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics
Susan W LeeWalter K Kinney

Abstract

No standard, universally accepted therapy exists for patients with adenocarcinoma of the endometrium with peritoneal dissemination. We report mature outcomes of selected patients with this uncommon pattern of spread treated with whole abdomen radiotherapy (RT). A retrospective review was undertaken of all patients with a diagnosis of endometrial cancer referred to the Radiologic Associates of Sacramento Medical Group between January 1, 1988 and October 1, 1999. Eleven patients were identified who had surgically proven peritoneal dissemination (peritoneal seeding) treated with whole abdomen RT as the sole cytotoxic therapy after operative cytoreduction. Ten patients had International Federation of Obstetrics and Gynecology (1988) Stage IV disease at diagnosis, and one had peritoneal dissemination at the time of initial recurrence after hysterectomy for Stage I disease. RT was administered to the whole abdomen using 10-MV photons in fractions of 1.0 or 1.5 Gy. A cumulative dose of 30 Gy was given in all patients, with shielding used to reduce the dose to the liver and kidneys. Partial abdominal volumes (pelvis plus paraaortic nodes) received supplementary dose at 1.5-1.8 Gy/fraction to bring the cumulative dose within the limited...Continue Reading

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