Prognostic significance and treatment implications of positive peritoneal cytology in endometrial adenocarcinoma: Unraveling a mystery

Abstract

To date there is no definitive consensus on the prognostic significance of positive peritoneal cytology alone. However, even in the low-risk cohort with stage IIIA1 some patients will recur. Adjuvant therapy for low-risk stage IIIA diseased may or may not be of benefit. High-risk disease should be treated with chemotherapy, radiation or a combination thereof. A prospective, multicenter trial of comprehensively surgically staged patients with stage IIIA endometrial cancer is indicated in order to clearly define prognosis and treatment for these patients.