How do you counsel patients regarding adjuvant therapy for stage IA uterine serous carcinoma confined to a polyp?
Answer from: at Academic Institution
Observation, if fully staged is acceptable. Consider that, in the case with no residual we recommend no chemo. So, if this patient had a hysteroscopic polypectomy and then hyst with no residual we would say no chemo but, the same patient, no polypectomy, we say chemo? Biologically, are the same.&nbs...
First, one needs to be sure that a full staging procedure was performed, including peritoneal biopsies, omentectomy, and either successful bilateral pelvic sentinel lymph node sampling or full pelvic and paraaortic lymphadenectomy to confirm that the patient truly has stage IA disease. Because...