Late-week surgical treatment of endometrial cancer is associated with worse long-term outcome: Results from a prospective, multicenter study.

Surgery is the cornerstone in primary endometrial cancer treatment, and with curative intent it constitutes total hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oopherectomy. In addition, lymphadenectomy is performed in selected patients dependent on a preoperative risk assessment. Recent reports from the surg...

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Main Authors: Tormund S Njølstad, Henrica M Werner, Janusz Marcickiewicz, Solveig Tingulstad, Anne C Staff, Klaus Oddenes, Line Bjørge, Marie E Engh, Kathrine Woie, Jostein Tjugum, Margaret S Lode, Frederic Amant, Helga B Salvesen, Jone Trovik
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Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
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author Tormund S Njølstad
Henrica M Werner
Janusz Marcickiewicz
Solveig Tingulstad
Anne C Staff
Klaus Oddenes
Line Bjørge
Marie E Engh
Kathrine Woie
Jostein Tjugum
Margaret S Lode
Frederic Amant
Helga B Salvesen
Jone Trovik
author_facet Tormund S Njølstad
Henrica M Werner
Janusz Marcickiewicz
Solveig Tingulstad
Anne C Staff
Klaus Oddenes
Line Bjørge
Marie E Engh
Kathrine Woie
Jostein Tjugum
Margaret S Lode
Frederic Amant
Helga B Salvesen
Jone Trovik
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description Surgery is the cornerstone in primary endometrial cancer treatment, and with curative intent it constitutes total hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oopherectomy. In addition, lymphadenectomy is performed in selected patients dependent on a preoperative risk assessment. Recent reports from the surgical approach to esophageal cancer reveal worse outcome when esophagectomy is performed later in the week. On this basis, we set out to explore weekday of surgery in relation to long-term outcome in 1302 endometrial cancer patients prospectively included in the MoMaTEC multicenter study. Day of surgery was dichotomized as early-week (Monday-Tuesday) or late-week (Wednesday-Friday), and evaluated as a discrete variable. Adjusted for patient age, Body Mass Index (BMI), FIGO stage, and histology, surgery performed later in the week was associated with 50.9% increased risk of all-cause death (p = 0.029). Among high-stage patients (FIGO stage III and IV), 5-year disease-specific survival proportions were 53.0% for early-week operated vs. 40.2% for late-week operated (p = 0.005 for difference). In multivariate survival analysis of high-stage patients, late-week surgery correlated with an increased risk of disease-specific death by 88.7% and all-cause death by 76.4% (p<0.017). Evaluating only patients who underwent lymphadenectomy, the adverse prognostic effect of being operated late-week remained for both disease-specific and all-cause death (HR 2.151 and HR 1.912, p = 0.004). Whether surgery was performed early- or late-week was not influenced by patient age, BMI, preoperative histology risk classification, FIGO stage or postoperative histology (all p>0.05). In conclusion, endometrial cancer surgery conducted late-week is associated with worse long-term outcome. Our findings are most evident among patients with higher FIGO stages, and patients who underwent more extensive surgical procedure (lymphadenectomy). With support from other studies, our results suggest that high-risk patients may benefit from surgery earlier in the week.
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spelling doaj-art-57e2a2e1d9f242e49a7751e6e1fd59342025-08-20T02:03:58ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032017-01-01128e018222310.1371/journal.pone.0182223Late-week surgical treatment of endometrial cancer is associated with worse long-term outcome: Results from a prospective, multicenter study.Tormund S NjølstadHenrica M WernerJanusz MarcickiewiczSolveig TingulstadAnne C StaffKlaus OddenesLine BjørgeMarie E EnghKathrine WoieJostein TjugumMargaret S LodeFrederic AmantHelga B SalvesenJone TrovikSurgery is the cornerstone in primary endometrial cancer treatment, and with curative intent it constitutes total hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oopherectomy. In addition, lymphadenectomy is performed in selected patients dependent on a preoperative risk assessment. Recent reports from the surgical approach to esophageal cancer reveal worse outcome when esophagectomy is performed later in the week. On this basis, we set out to explore weekday of surgery in relation to long-term outcome in 1302 endometrial cancer patients prospectively included in the MoMaTEC multicenter study. Day of surgery was dichotomized as early-week (Monday-Tuesday) or late-week (Wednesday-Friday), and evaluated as a discrete variable. Adjusted for patient age, Body Mass Index (BMI), FIGO stage, and histology, surgery performed later in the week was associated with 50.9% increased risk of all-cause death (p = 0.029). Among high-stage patients (FIGO stage III and IV), 5-year disease-specific survival proportions were 53.0% for early-week operated vs. 40.2% for late-week operated (p = 0.005 for difference). In multivariate survival analysis of high-stage patients, late-week surgery correlated with an increased risk of disease-specific death by 88.7% and all-cause death by 76.4% (p<0.017). Evaluating only patients who underwent lymphadenectomy, the adverse prognostic effect of being operated late-week remained for both disease-specific and all-cause death (HR 2.151 and HR 1.912, p = 0.004). Whether surgery was performed early- or late-week was not influenced by patient age, BMI, preoperative histology risk classification, FIGO stage or postoperative histology (all p>0.05). In conclusion, endometrial cancer surgery conducted late-week is associated with worse long-term outcome. Our findings are most evident among patients with higher FIGO stages, and patients who underwent more extensive surgical procedure (lymphadenectomy). With support from other studies, our results suggest that high-risk patients may benefit from surgery earlier in the week.https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0182223&type=printable
spellingShingle Tormund S Njølstad
Henrica M Werner
Janusz Marcickiewicz
Solveig Tingulstad
Anne C Staff
Klaus Oddenes
Line Bjørge
Marie E Engh
Kathrine Woie
Jostein Tjugum
Margaret S Lode
Frederic Amant
Helga B Salvesen
Jone Trovik
Late-week surgical treatment of endometrial cancer is associated with worse long-term outcome: Results from a prospective, multicenter study.
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title Late-week surgical treatment of endometrial cancer is associated with worse long-term outcome: Results from a prospective, multicenter study.
title_full Late-week surgical treatment of endometrial cancer is associated with worse long-term outcome: Results from a prospective, multicenter study.
title_fullStr Late-week surgical treatment of endometrial cancer is associated with worse long-term outcome: Results from a prospective, multicenter study.
title_full_unstemmed Late-week surgical treatment of endometrial cancer is associated with worse long-term outcome: Results from a prospective, multicenter study.
title_short Late-week surgical treatment of endometrial cancer is associated with worse long-term outcome: Results from a prospective, multicenter study.
title_sort late week surgical treatment of endometrial cancer is associated with worse long term outcome results from a prospective multicenter study
url https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0182223&type=printable
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