Discrepancy in histopathological findings of curettage material and hysterectomy specimens in malignant tumors of the uterine body
Hänggi, W.; Katz, M.; Fravi, R.; König, C.; Dreher, E.
Schweizerische Rundschau für Medizin Praxis 79(45): 1387-1389
1990
ISSN/ISBN: 1013-2058 PMID: 2080393 Document Number: 355737
The clinical staging of the malignoma of the uterine corpus according to the FIGO classification corresponds in only 85.7% in stage I and 35.7% in stage II to the histopathologic staging after operation. Tumor grading and histology from D and C differ in 31.8% and 9.4% respectively from the hysterectomy specimen. We propose therefore to prefer surgical and histopathological staging to the pure clinical FIGO-staging in order to plan adjuvant therapy and for comparing therapeutic results of different patient groups as well.