| Literature DB >> 30581199 |
Günter Emons1, Eric Steiner2, Dirk Vordermark3, Christoph Uleer4, Nina Bock1, Kerstin Paradies5, Olaf Ortmann6, Stefan Aretz7, Peter Mallmann8, Christian Kurzeder9, Volker Hagen10, Birgitt van Oorschot11, Stefan Höcht12, Petra Feyer13, Gerlinde Egerer14, Michael Friedrich15, Wolfgang Cremer16, Franz-Josef Prott17, Lars-Christian Horn18, Heinrich Prömpeler19, Jan Langrehr20, Steffen Leinung21, Matthias W Beckmann22, Rainer Kimmig23, Anne Letsch24, Michael Reinhardt25, Bernd Alt-Epping26, Ludwig Kiesel27, Jan Menke28, Marion Gebhardt29, Verena Steinke-Lange30, Nils Rahner31, Werner Lichtenegger32, Alain Zeimet33, Volker Hanf34, Joachim Weis35, Michael Mueller36, Ulla Henscher37, Rita K Schmutzler38, Alfons Meindl39, Felix Hilpert40, Joan Elisabeth Panke41, Vratislav Strnad42, Christiane Niehues43, Timm Dauelsberg44, Peter Niehoff45, Doris Mayr46, Dieter Grab47, Michael Kreißl48, Ralf Witteler27, Annemarie Schorsch49, Alexander Mustea50, Edgar Petru51, Jutta Hübner52, Anne Derke Rose43, Edward Wight53, Reina Tholen54, Gerd J Bauerschmitz1, Markus Fleisch55, Ingolf Juhasz-Boess56, Sigurd Lax57, Ingo Runnebaum58, Clemens Tempfer59, Monika J Nothacker60, Susanne Blödt60, Markus Follmann61, Thomas Langer61, Heike Raatz62, Simone Wesselmann63, Saskia Erdogan1.
Abstract
Summary The first German interdisciplinary S3-guideline on the diagnosis, therapy and follow-up of patients with endometrial cancer was published in April 2018. Funded by German Cancer Aid as part of an Oncology Guidelines Program, the lead coordinators of the guideline were the German Society of Gynecology and Obstetrics (DGGG) and the Gynecological Oncology Working Group (AGO) of the German Cancer Society (DKG). Purpose Using evidence-based, risk-adapted therapy to treat low-risk women with endometrial cancer avoids unnecessarily radical surgery and non-useful adjuvant radiotherapy and/or chemotherapy. This can significantly reduce therapy-induced morbidity and improve the patient's quality of life as well as avoiding unnecessary costs. For women with endometrial cancer and a high risk of recurrence, the guideline defines the optimal extent of surgical radicality together with the appropriate chemotherapy and/or adjuvant radiotherapy if required. An evidence-based optimal use of different therapeutic modalities should improve the survival rates and quality of life of these patients. This S3-guideline on endometrial cancer is intended as a basis for certified gynecological cancer centers. The aim is that the quality indicators established in this guideline will be incorporated in the certification processes of these centers. Methods The guideline was compiled in accordance with the requirements for S3-level guidelines. This includes, in the first instance, the adaptation of source guidelines selected using the DELBI instrument for appraising guidelines. Other consulted sources included reviews of evidence, which were compiled from literature selected during systematic searches of literature databases using the PICO scheme. In addition, an external biostatistics institute was commissioned to carry out a systematic search and assessment of the literature for one part of the guideline. Identified materials were used by the interdisciplinary working groups to develop suggestions for Recommendations and Statements, which were then subsequently modified during structured consensus conferences and/or additionally amended online using the DELPHI method, with consent between members achieved online. The guideline report is freely available online. Recommendations Part 2 of this short version of the guideline presents recommendations for the therapy of endometrial cancer including precancers and early endometrial cancer as well as recommendations on palliative medicine, psycho-oncology, rehabilitation, patient information and healthcare facilities to treat endometrial cancer. The management of precancers of early endometrial precancerous conditions including fertility-preserving strategies is presented. The concept used for surgical primary therapy of endometrial cancer is described. Radiotherapy and adjuvant medical therapy to treat endometrial cancer and uterine carcinosarcomas are described. Recommendations are given for the follow-up care of endometrial cancer, recurrence and metastasis. Palliative medicine, psycho-oncology including psychosocial care, and patient information and rehabilitation are presented. Finally, the care algorithm and quality assurance steps for the diagnosis, therapy and follow-up of patients with endometrial cancer are outlined.Entities:
Keywords: endometrial cancer; follow up; guideline; precancers; therapy
Year: 2018 PMID: 30581199 PMCID: PMC6261739 DOI: 10.1055/a-0715-2964
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Geburtshilfe Frauenheilkd ISSN: 0016-5751 Impact factor: 2.915
Table 1 Steering committee.
| Name | City | |
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| 1. | Prof. Dr. med. Günter Emons (guideline coordinator) | Göttingen |
| 2. | Prof. Dr. med. Eric Steiner (deputy guideline coordinator) | Rüsselsheim |
| 3. | Dr. med. Nina Bock (editor) | Göttingen |
| 4. | Kerstin Paradies | Hamburg |
| 5. | Dr. med. Christoph Uleer | Hildesheim |
| 6. | Prof. Dr. med. Dirk Vordermark | Halle/Saale |
Table 3 Experts who contributed in an advisory capacity, methodological advisors and other contributors.
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| PD Dr. Dr. med. Gerd Bauerschmitz | Göttingen |
| Prof. Dr. med. Markus Fleisch | Düsseldorf |
| Prof. Dr. med. Ingolf Juhasz-Böss | Homburg/Saar |
| Prof. Dr. med. Sigurd Lax | Graz |
| Prof. Dr. med. Ingo Runnebaum | Jena |
| Prof. Dr. med. Clemens Tempfer | Herne |
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| Berlin |
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Table 2 Participating professional societies and organizations.
| Participating professional societies and organizations | Mandate holder | Deputy |
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| ADT (Association of German Tumor Centers [AG Deutscher Tumorzentren]) |
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| AET (DKG Working Group for Hereditary Tumor Disease [AG Erbliche Tumorerkrankungen der DKG]) |
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| AGO (Gynecological Oncology Working Group of the DGGG and DKG [Arbeitsgemeinschaft Gynäkologische Onkologie in der DGGG und DKG]) |
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| AGO Study Group (Arbeitsgemeinschaft Gynäkologische Onkologie [AGO] Studiengruppe) |
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| AIO (Internal Oncology Working Group of the DKG [Arbeitsgemeinschaft Internistische Onkologie der DKG]) |
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| APM (Palliative Medicine Working Group of the German Cancer Society [Arbeitsgemeinschaft Palliativmedizin der Deutschen Krebsgesellschaft]) |
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| ARO (Radiological Oncology Working Group of the DKG [Arbeitsgemeinschaft Radiologische Onkologie der DKG]) |
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| ASORS (Supportive Measures in Oncology, Rehabilitation and Social Medicine Working Group of the DKG [AG Supportive Maßnahmen in der Onkologie, Rehabilitation und Sozialmedizin der DKG]) |
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| BLFG (Federal Association of Senior Physicians in Gynecology and Obstetrics [Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft Leitender Ärztinnen und Ärzte in der Frauenheilkunde und Geburtshilfe]) |
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| BNGO (Professional Association of Gynecological Oncologists in Private Practice in Germany [Berufsverband Niedergelassener Gynäkologischer Onkologen in Deutschland]) |
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| BVF (Professional Association of Gynecologists [Berufsverband der Frauenärzte]) |
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| BVDST (Federal Association of German Radiotherapists [Bundesverband Deutscher Strahlentherapeuten]) |
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| BV Pathologie (Federal Association of German Pathologists [Bundesverband Deutscher Pathologen]) |
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| DEGRO (German Society for Radiation Oncology [Deutsche Gesellschaft für Radioonkologie]) |
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| DEGUM (German Society for Ultrasound in Medicine [Deutsche Gesellschaft für Ultraschall in der Medizin]) |
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| DGAV (German Society for General and Visceral Surgery [Deutsche Gesellschaft für Allgemein- und Viszeralchirurgie]) |
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| DGCH (German Society of Surgery [Deutsche Gesellschaft für Chirurgie]) |
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| DGE (German Society of Endocrinology [Deutsche Gesellschaft für Endokrinologie]) |
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| DGGG (German Society of Gynecology and Obstetrics [Deutsche Gesellschaft für Gynäkologie und Geburtshilfe]) |
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| DGHO (German Society of Hematology and Medical Oncology [Deutsche Gesellschaft für Hämatologie und Medizinische Onkologie]) |
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| DGN (German Society of Nuclear Medicine [Deutsche Gesellschaft für Nuklearmedizin]) |
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| DGP (German Society for Palliative Medicine [Deutsche Gesellschaft für Palliativmedizin]) |
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| DGP (German Society of Pathology [Deutsche Gesellschaft für Pathologie]) |
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| DMG (German Menopause Society [Deutsche Menopause Gesellschaft]) |
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| DRG (German Roentgen Society [Deutsche Röntgengesellschaft]) |
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| FSH (Self-help for Women after Cancer [Frauenselbsthilfe nach Krebs]) |
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| GFH (German Society of Human Genetics [Deutsche Gesellschaft für Humangenetik]) |
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| KOK (Working Group of the DKG: Conference of Oncological Nursing and Pediatric Nursing [Arbeitsgemeinschaft der DKG: Konferenz Onkologische Kranken- und Kinderkrankenpflege]) |
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| NOGGO (Northeast German Society of Gynecological Oncology [Nord-Ostdeutsche Gesellschaft für Gynäkologische Onkologie]) |
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| OEGGG (Austrian Society of Gynecology and Obstetrics [Österreichische Gesellschaft für Gynäkologie und Geburtshilfe]) |
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| PRIO (Prevention and Integrative Oncology Working Group of the DKG [Arbeitsgemeinschaft der DKG Prävention und integrative Medizin in der Onkologie]) |
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| PSO (German Psycho-oncology Working Group [Deutsche Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Psychoonkologie]) |
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| SGGG (Swiss Society of Gynecology and Obstetrics [Schweizer Gesellschaft für Gynäkologie und Geburtshilfe]) |
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| ZVK (Central Association of Physiotherapists [Zentralverband der Physiotherapeuten/Krankengymnasten]) |
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Table 4 Grading of recommendations.
| Level of recommendation | Description | Syntax |
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| A | Strong recommendation | must/must not |
| B | Recommendation | should/should not |
| 0 | Recommendation open | may/can |
Tab. 1 Steuergruppe.
| Name | Stadt | |
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| 1. | Prof. Dr. med. Günter Emons (Leitlinienkoordinator) | Göttingen |
| 2. | Prof. Dr. med. Eric Steiner (stellvertr. Leitlinienkoordinator) | Rüsselsheim |
| 3. | Dr. med. Nina Bock (Redaktion) | Göttingen |
| 4. | Kerstin Paradies | Hamburg |
| 5. | Dr. med. Christoph Uleer | Hildesheim |
| 6. | Prof. Dr. med. Dirk Vordermark | Halle/Saale |
Tab. 2 Beteiligte Fachgesellschaften und Organisationen.
| beteiligte Fachgesellschaften und Organisationen | Mandatsträger | Stellvertreter |
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| ADT (AG Deutscher Tumorzentren) |
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| AET (AG Erbliche Tumorerkrankungen der DKG) |
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| AGO (Arbeitsgemeinschaft Gynäkologische Onkologie in der DGGG und DKG) |
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| AGO Studiengruppe (Arbeitsgemeinschaft Gynäkologische Onkologie [AGO] Studiengruppe) |
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| AIO (Arbeitsgemeinschaft Internistische Onkologie der DKG) |
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| APM (Arbeitsgemeinschaft Palliativmedizin der Deutschen Krebsgesellschaft) |
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| ARO (Arbeitsgemeinschaft Radiologische Onkologie der DKG) |
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| ASORS (AG Supportive Maßnahmen in der Onkologie, Rehabilitation und Sozialmedizin der DKG) |
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| BLFG (Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft Leitender Ärztinnen und Ärzte in der Frauenheilkunde und Geburtshilfe) |
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| BNGO (Berufsverband Niedergelassener Gynäkologischer Onkologen in Deutschland) |
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| BVF (Berufsverband der Frauenärzte) |
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| BVDST (Bundesverband Deutscher Strahlentherapeuten) |
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| BV Pathologie (Bundesverband Deutscher Pathologen |
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| DEGRO (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Radioonkologie) |
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| DEGUM (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Ultraschall in der Medizin) |
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| DGAV (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Allgemein- und Viszeralchirurgie) |
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| DGCH (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Chirurgie) |
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| DGE (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Endokrinologie) |
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| DGGG (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Gynäkologie und Geburtshilfe) |
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| DGHO (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Hämatologie und Medizinische Onkologie) |
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| DGN (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Nuklearmedizin) |
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| DGP (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Palliativmedizin) |
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| DGP (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Pathologie) |
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| DMG (Deutsche Menopause Gesellschaft) |
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| DRG (Deutsche Röntgengesellschaft) |
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| FSH (Frauenselbsthilfe nach Krebs) |
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| GFH (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Humangenetik) |
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| KOK (Arbeitsgemeinschaft der DKG: Konferenz Onkologische Kranken- und Kinderkrankenpflege) |
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| NOGGO (Nord-Ostdeutsche Gesellschaft für Gynäkologische Onkologie) |
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| OEGGG (Österreichische Gesellschaft für Gynäkologie und Geburtshilfe) |
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| PRIO (Arbeitsgemeinschaft der DKG Prävention und integrative Medizin in der Onkologie) |
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| PSO (Deutsche Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Psychoonkologie) |
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| SGGG (Schweizer Gesellschaft für Gynäkologie und Geburtshilfe) |
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| ZVK (Zentralverband der Physiotherapeuten/ Krankengymnasten) |
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Tab. 3 Experten in beratender Funktion, methodische Begleitung und weitere Mitarbeiter.
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| PD Dr. Dr. med. Gerd Bauerschmitz | Göttingen |
| Prof. Dr. med. Markus Fleisch | Düsseldorf |
| Prof. Dr. med. Ingolf Juhasz-Böss | Homburg/Saar |
| Prof. Dr. med. Sigurd Lax | Graz |
| Prof. Dr. med. Ingo Runnebaum | Jena |
| Prof. Dr. med. Clemens Tempfer | Herne |
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Tab. 4 Schema der Empfehlungsgraduierung.
| Empfehlungsgrad | Beschreibung | Ausdrucksweise |
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| A | starke Empfehlung | soll/soll nicht |
| B | Empfehlung | sollte/sollte nicht |
| 0 | Empfehlung offen | kann/kann verzichtet werden |
| No. | Recommendation | GoR | LoE | Sources |
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| 5.1 | Hysterectomy should not be used to treat endometrial hyperplasia without atypia. | A | 3 |
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| 5.2 | In postmenopausal patients and in premenopausal patients not wishing to have (any more) children who have atypical hyperplasia of the endometrium, total hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy if appropriate must be carried out. | A | 1 |
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| No. | Recommendation | GoR | LoE | Sources |
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| 5.3 | In the presence of atypical hyperplasia, the ovaries may be left in place when hysterectomy and bilateral salpingectomy are carried out, provided that there is no evidence of any hereditary predisposition for ovarian carcinoma (e.g., BRCA mutation or Lynch syndrome). | EC | ||
| No. | Recommendation | GoR | LoE | Sources |
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| 5.4 | If a patient with atypical endometrial hyperplasia wishes to preserve her uterus, the uterus and adnexa may be preserved if the patient is informed that the standard treatment, which is almost always curative, is total hysterectomy; the patient agrees to close and regular monitoring; and the patient is informed that total hysterectomy will be necessary after she has either fulfilled her wish to have children or decided not to have children. | EC | ||
| 5.5 | If a patient with atypical endometrial hyperplasia wishes to preserve her uterus, the uterus and adnexa may be preserved if hysteroscopy with targeted biopsy or curettage is performed to confirm the diagnosis, and the diagnosis of “atypical hyperplasia” was either made or confirmed by a pathologist with a lot of experience in gynecological pathology. | EC | ||
| 5.6 | If a patient with atypical endometrial hyperplasia wishes to preserve her uterus, the uterus and adnexa may be preserved if laparoscopy combined with vaginal ultrasound or MRI is carried out to best assess the risk of adnexal involvement/myometrial infiltration. | EC | ||
| 5.7 | If AEH is in complete remission after 6 months of conservative treatment, the patient should try for the planned pregnancy she wants. | EC | ||
| 5.8 | If the patient does not want to have children at present, she must be given maintenance therapy. An endometrial biopsy must be carried out every 6 months. | EC | ||
| 5.9 | After the patient has had children or no longer wishes to have children, a total hysterectomy (with or without bilateral salpingectomy and with or without bilateral oophorectomy) must be carried out. | A | 4 |
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| No. | Recommendation | GoR | LoE | Sources |
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| 5.10 | Patients with early endometrial cancer must have a hysterectomy with bilateral salpingo-oopherectomy. | A | 3 |
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| 5.11 | When carrying out a hysterectomy with bilateral salpingectomy in premenopausal patients with endometrioid endometrial cancer (G1/G2, pT1a), the ovaries may be preserved as long as there are no indications that the patient has a hereditary predisposition to develop ovarian cancer (e.g., BRCA mutation or Lynch syndrome) and the patient has been informed about the risk involved. | EC | ||
| No. | Recommendation | GoR | LoE | Sources |
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| 5.12 | The uterus and adnexa may be preserved in women with endometrial cancer who want to have (further) children and wish to preserve their fertility if the patient is informed that the standard treatment, which is almost always curative, is total hysterectomy; the patient temporarily eschews curative treatment of the malignancy at her own responsibility and is fully aware of the potentially fatal consequences (disease progression, metastasis) even if a pregnancy is carried to term. | EC | ||
| 5.13 | The uterus and adnexa may be preserved in women with early endometrial cancer who wish to preserve their uterus if the patient is given the recommendation to consult a specialist for reproductive medicine to assess her likelihood of being able to conceive and bear a child. | EC | ||
| 5.14 | The uterus and adnexa may be preserved in women with early endometrial cancer who wish to preserve their uterus if the patient agrees to regular close monitoring and the patient has been informed of the necessity of having a hysterectomy after she has either fufilled or given up her wish to have a child. | EC | ||
| 5.15 | The uterus and adnexa may be preserved in women with early endometrial cancer who wish to preserve their fertility if hysteroscopy with targeted biopsy or curettage and evaluation of the specimen by a pathologist with a lot of experience in gynecological pathology results in a diagnosis of a well-differentiated (G1) endometrioid endometrial cancer which expresses progesterone receptors. | EC | ||
| 5.16 | The uterus and adnexa may be preserved in women with early endometrial cancer (pT1a, G1) who wish to preserve their fertility if adnexal involvement or myometrial infiltration is excluded, as far as possible, by laparoscopy combined with vaginal ultrasound or MRI. | EC | ||
| 5.17 | The uterus and adnexa may be preserved in women with early endometrial cancer who wish to preserve their fertility if the patient then receives adequate medical treatment with medroxyprogesterone acetate or megestrol acetate or a levonorgestrel-releasing IUD. | EC | ||
| 5.18 | If the endometrial cancer is in complete remission after 6 months of conservative treatment, the patient should try for the planned pregnancy she wants, if necessary after consultation with a specialist for reproductive medicine. | EC | ||
| 5.19 | Patients with endometrial cancer (pT1a without myometrial infiltration, G1) who do not want to have children at that point in time should receive maintenance therapy (levonorgestrel-releasing IUD, oral contraceptives, cyclical progestogens) and should have an endometrial biopsy every 6 months. | EC | ||
| 5.20 | A hysterectomy should be carried out if the cancer does not respond to 6 months of conservative treatment. | EC | ||
| 5.21 | The uterus and adnexa may be preserved in women with endometrioid adenocarcinoma of the endometrium (cT1A, G1) with no evidence of myometrial infiltration and with progesterone receptor expression who wish to preserve their uterus if the following conditions are met: The patient is fully informed of the fact that the standard procedure is total hysterectomy and that this procedure is almost always curative, The patient consents to regular close monitoring and follow-up, The patient is informed that a hysterectomy will be necessary after she has either fulfilled her wish to have children or decided not to have children, A hysteroscopy with targeted biopsy or curettage is carried out to confirm the diagnosis, Laparoscopy combined with vaginal ultrasound or MRI is performed to exclude adnexal involvement or myometrial infiltration, The diagnosis is made or confirmed by a pathologist with a lot of experience of gynecological pathology, The patient is treated with MPA or MGA or an LNG-IUD, The patient undergoes hysteroscopy with curettage and imaging after 6 months. A hysterectomy must be carried out if the cancer has not responded to conservative treatment, If the patient is in complete remission, she can try to become pregnant (consult with a specialist for reproductive medicine), If the patient does not want to have children at that point in time: maintenance therapy and and endometrial biopsy every 6 months, Once the patient has had children or no longer wishes to have children: total hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy should be recommended. | EC | ||
| No. | Recommendation | GoR | LoE | Sources |
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| 6.1 | Radical hysterectomy (parametrial resection) must not be carried out in cases with cT2 or pT2 endometrial cancer (with histological confirmation of involvement of the cervical stroma) but no clinical suspicion of parametrial infiltration. | A | 3 |
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| 6.2 | All suspicious lymph nodes or lymph nodes which are found to be enlarged on palpation or macroscopic examination must be resected. | EC | ||
| 6.3 | No lymph node sampling must be done of unsuspicious lymph nodes. | EC | ||
| 6.4 | Systematic lymphadenectomy of clinically unsuspicious LNs must not be done in patients with pT1a, G1/2 endometrial cancer (type I) (ICD-0: 8380/3, 8570/3, 8263/3, 8382/3, 8480/3). | A | 1 |
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| 6.5 | Systematic lymphadenectomy may be carried out in patients with pT1a, G3, pT1b, G1/2 endometrial cancer (type I). | 0 | 4 |
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| 6.6 | Systematic lymphadenectomy should be carried out in patients with pT1b, G3 endometrial cancer (type I). | B | 4 |
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| 6.7 | Systematic lymphadenectomy should be carried out in type I, pT2 to pT4, M0, G1–3 endometrial cancer if a macroscopically tumor-free status can be achieved. | B | 4 |
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| 6.8 | Systematic lymphadenectomy should be carried out in type II endometrial cancer if a macroscopically tumor-free status can be achieved. | EC | ||
| 6.9 | Systematic LNE should be carried out in patients with carcinosarcoma of the uterus. | B | 4 |
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| 6.10 | If there is lymphovascular space invasion, lymphadenectomy may be carried out in patients with endometrial carcinoma even if no other risk factors are present. | EC | ||
| 6.11 | If systematic LNE is indicated, full pelvic and infrarenal-paraaortic lymphadenectomy should be carried out. | B | 4 |
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| 6.12 | Sentinel lymph-node biopsy alone in patients with endometrial cancer must only be carried out in the framework of controlled studies. | EC | ||
| No. | Recommendation | GoR | LoE | Sources |
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| 6.13 | In endometrioid adenocarcinomas of the endometrium with a suspected early stage, hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy should be carried out using a laparoscopic or laparoscopy-assisted vaginal procedure. | B | 1 |
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| 6.14 | Robot-assisted laparoscopic procedures may be used to treat patients with endometrial cancer in the same way as conventional laparoscopy is used during surgery for endometrial cancer. | EC | ||
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| 6.15 | In advanced endometrial cancer (including carcinosarcomas), surgical tumor reduction can be carried out in order to achieve macroscopic removal of all tumor manifestations. | 0 | 4 |
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| 7.1 | Neither brachytherapy nor percutaneous radiotherapy should be carried out in patients with stage pT1a, pNX/0, G1 or G2 endometrioid endometrial cancer (type I) after hysterectomy with or without lymph-node dissection. | B | 1 |
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| 7.2 | Patients with type I (stage pT1a, pNX/0 without involvement of the myometrium, G3) endometrioid endometrial cancer may be treated with vaginal brachytherapy to reduce the risk of vaginal recurrence. | 0 | 4 |
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| 7.3 | Patients with type I (stage pT1b, G1 or G2 pNX/0 and stage pT1a with myometrial involvement, G3 pNX/0) endometrioid endometrial cancer should be given only vaginal brachytherapy postoperatively to reduce the risk of vaginal recurrence. | B | 2 |
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| 7.4 | Patients with type I (stage pT1b pNX G3 or stage pT2 pNX) endometrioid endometrial cancer should be given vaginal brachytherapy; alternatively they may be treated with percutaneous radiotherapy. | EC | ||
| 7.5 | Patients who have had systematic LNE for stage pT1b pN0 G3 or stage pT2 pN0 type I endometrioid endometrial cancer should be given vaginal brachytherapy. They must not be treated with percutaneous radiotherapy. | EC | ||
| 7.6 | Patients with stage pT1pNX (all grades) endometrial cancer with “substantial LVSI” (the highest stage of the three-stage grading system for lymph node invasion) may be treated with percutaneous pelvic radiotherapy instead of vaginal brachytherapy. | EC | ||
| No. | Recommendation | GoR | LoE | Sources |
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| 7.7 | In addition to chemotherapy, patients with type I endometrioid endometrial cancer and positive LNs and involvement of the uterine serosa, the adnexa, the vagina, the bladder or the rectum (all stages from III to IVA) may be given external pelvic radiation postoperatively to improve local control of disease. | EC | ||
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| 7.8 | If the patient has particular risk factors for vaginal recurrence (stage II or stage IIIB-vaginal, with very small or positive resection margins), additional vaginal brachytherapy may be administered as a boost after postoperative external pelvic radiotherapy following hysterectomy for endometrioid endometrial cancer. | EC | ||
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| 7.9 | The decision whether postoperative vaginal brachytherapy or externenal pelvic radiotherapy is indicated to treat type II carcinoma (serous or clear-cell) should be based on the recommendations on how to treat type I grade G3 (endometrioid) carcinoma with the same staging. | EC | ||
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| 7.10 | Radiotherapy should be administered postoperatively for FIGO stage I or II carcinosarcomas to improve local control. | B | 3 |
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| 8.1 | Adjuvant progestogen therapy must not be administered after surgery for endometrial cancer. | A | 1 |
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| 1 It is important to note that these chemotherapies have not been approved as adjuvant therapies for endometrial cancer and that their use to treat these indications constitutes an off-label use. | ||||
| 8.2 | Patients with endometrioid or another type I stage pT1a/b G1 and G2 cN0/pN0 endometrial cancer (ICD-0: 8380/3, 8570/3, 8263/3, 8382/3, 8480/3) must not be given adjuvant chemotherapy. | EC | ||
| 8.3 | There is currently not enough data to state whether patients with endometrioid or another type I stage pT1a G3 cN0 or pN0 endometrial cancer benefit from adjuvant chemotherapy or not. | ST | 2 |
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| 8.4 | Adjuvant chemotherapy may be administered to patients with type II and patients with type I G3 pT1b and stage pT2 (both pN0) endometrial cancer. 1 | 0 | 2 |
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| 8.5 | Patients with stage pT3 and/or pN1 endometrial cancer should be given adjuvant chemotherapy. 1 | B | 1 |
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| 8.6 | Patients with stage pT4a or M1 endometrial cancer who have had surgery and have no evidence of residual macroscopic tumor or who have a residual tumor with a maximum diameter of less than 2 cm should be given adjuvant chemotherapy. 1 | B | 1 |
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| 8.7 | Adjuvant chemotherapy for endometrial cancer should consist of carboplatin and paclitaxel. 1 | EC | ||
| No. | Recommendation | GoR | LoE | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 It is important to note that these chemotherapies have not been approved for the adjuvant therapy of endometrial cancer and that using them to treat these indications constitutes an off-label use. | ||||
| 8.8 | Patients with FIGO stage I or II carcinosarcoma may be given adjuvant chemotherapy with cisplatin/ifosfamide at a dose of ifosfamide 1.6 g/m 2 i. v. on Days 1 – 4 and cisplatin 20 mg/m 2 i. v. on Days 1 – 4 or carboplatin/ paclitaxel at a dose of paclitaxel 175 mg/m 2 on Day 1 and carboplatin AUC5. 1 | 0 | 4 |
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| 8.9 | A significant survival benefit has been reported for adjuvant chemotherapy with ifosfamide/ paclitaxel or ifosfamide/cisplatin compared to monotherapy with ifosfamide alone when administered to patients with FIGO stage III or IV carcinosarcoma. | ST | 1 |
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| 8.10 | Because of the high toxicity of ifosfamide-containing combinations, adjuvant chemotherapy given to patients with carcinosarcoma may also consist of a combination of carboplatin and paclitaxel. | EC | ||
| No. | Recommendation | GoR | LoE | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9.1 | There is no evidence that follow-up examinations of women with endometrial cancer prolong survival. | ST | 4 |
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| 9.2 | Careful questioning of the patient to obtain her medical history, carefully targeted inquiries about symptoms, and a clinical gynecologic exam using a speculum and including rectovaginal palpation should be carried out every 3 to 6 months in the first 3 years after completing primary therapy and every 6 months in the 4th and 5th years. | EC | ||
| 9.3 | Imaging examinations and the determination of tumor markers should not be carried out for asymptomatic patients. | B | 4 |
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| No. | Recommendation | GoR | LoE | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9.4 | Histological confirmation must be sought if there is a suspicion of local recurrence in the vaginal area or the area of the lower pelvis or if there is a suspicion of distant metastasis. | EC | ||
| 9.5 | Tomographic imaging should be carried out if a vaginal recurrence, pelvic recurrence, or distant metastasis is suspected, or after histological confirmation of a vaginal recurrence, pelvic recurrence, or distant metastasis. | A | 3 |
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| No. | Recommendation | GoR | LoE | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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For this issue, see also Chapter 7.8. on supportive therapy in the long version of the guideline (an english version will be available soon)
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| 9.6 | Women with isolated vaginal or vaginal stump recurrence after endometrial cancer who did not previously receive radiation treatment during primary therapy should be given radiotherapy with curative intent, consisting of external pelvic radiotherapy and brachytherapy, with or without local tumor resection. | EC | ||
| 9.7 | Women with isolated vaginal or vaginal stump recurrence after endometrial cancer who had adjuvant brachytherapy alone during primary therapy may be given radiotherapy with curative intent with or without local tumor resection. | EC | ||
| 9.8 | If there is a vaginal recurrence or vaginal stump recurrence in patients who have received external radiotherapy, with or without brachytherapy, it should be checked whether repeated radiotherapy with external irradiation or brachytherapy, with or without local tumor resection, is possible with curative intent. | EC | ||
| 9.9 |
Local late sequelae of radiotherapy must be treated in accordance with the Level 3 guideline “Supportive Therapy in Oncology Patients” (currently only available in German)
| EC | ||
| No. | Recommendation | GoR | LoE | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9.10 | Surgical therapy may be carried out to treat recurrence of endometrial cancer if complete resection of the recurrent tumor seems achievable and tomography has not shown any evidence of distant metastasis. | EC | ||
| 9.11 | There is no evidence that exenteration in women with recurrence of endometrial cancer improves survival times, survival rates or progression-free survival compared to other therapies or best supportive care. | EC | ||
| 9.12 | Exenteration may be considered in individual cases in women with recurrent endometrial cancer. | EC | ||
| No. | Recommendation | GoR | LoE | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9.13 | There are no data which demonstrate that the administration of endocrine therapy to women with recurrence of endometrial cancer leads to an improvement in survival times, survival rates or progression-free survival compared to other therapies or best supportive care. | EC | ||
| 9.14 | Endocrine therapy with either MPA (200 mg/d) or MGA (160 mg/d) may be administered to women with recurrence of endometrial cancer. | 0 | 3 |
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| 9.15 | The response rates for endocrine therapy with MPA administered to women with recurrence of endometrial cancer are higher if there is evidence of progesterone receptor expression or estrogen receptor expression or the tumor is well-to-moderately differentiated (G1/G2). | ST | 3 |
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| No. | Recommendation | GoR | LoE | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1
Statements about off-label use must be considered carefully (see Chapter 8 on the adjuvant medical therapy of endometrial cancer in the long version of the guideline (an english version will be available soon)
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| 9.16 | Systemic chemotherapy may be administered to women with endometrial cancer recurrence which cannot be treated locally or with distant metastasis. | 0 | 1 |
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| 9.17 | There is currently no evidence that any specific chemotherapy regimen is superior when treating women with recurrence of endometrial cancer. Platinum salts, anthracyclines and taxanes are considered to be the most effective substances for the chemotherapeutic treatment of advanced or recurrent endometrial cancer. The established treatment consists of a combination of carboplatin with paclitaxel, which is relatively well tolerated and safe. 1 | ST | 3 |
|
| No. | Recommendation | GoR | LoE | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9.18 | Symptoms of vaginal atrophy in patients who have undergone treatment for endometrial cancer must be treated primarily with inert lubricant gels or creams. | A | 3 |
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| No. | Recommendation | GoR | LoE | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9.19 | Topical application of estrogen after primary therapy for endometrial cancer may be considered if the results of treatment with an inert lubricant jelly or cream were unsatisfactory. | EC | ||
| No. | Recommendation | GoR | LoE | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9.20 | Vaginal dilators may be used for treatment of and prophylaxis against vaginal stenoses in patients with endometrial cancer, after the completion of radiotherapy and resolution of the acute sequelae of radiotherapy. | EC | ||
| No. | Recommendation | GoR | LoE | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9.21 | A schedule of lower total dose radiotherapy may be administered as a palliative measure in cases with vaginal bleeding or pain caused by vaginal stump or pelvic wall recurrence, even if patients have previously had radiotherapy. | EC | ||
| No. | Recommendation | GoR | LoE | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11.1 | Patients with endometrial cancer and their relatives may be facing many different physical, psychological, social and spiritual/ religious stresses. | EC | ||
| No. | Recommendation | GoR | LoE | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11.2 | Cancer patients and their relatives must be informed as early as possible about the available options for psychosocial support, counseling and treatment; they must be informed during all stages of disease and must be helped to access these options based on their individual needs. | EC | ||
| No. | Recommendation | GoR | LoE | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11.3 | All patients must be screened to determine the extent of their psychosocial stress. Psycho-oncological screening should be carried out as early as possible and then repeated at appropriate intervals throughout the course of disease when clinically indicated or if the disease status changes (e.g., recurrence or progression of disease). | EC | ||
| No. | Recommendation | GoR | LoE | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11.4 | The indications for psycho-oncological interventions must be based on the patientʼs ascertained individual needs, the respective setting, and the stage of disease (primary diagnosis, surgery, adjuvant therapy, recurrence-free period, recurrence phase, palliative phase) and must take the wishes of the patient into account. | EC | ||
| No. | Recommendation | GoR | LoE | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11.5 | The issue of sexuality must be actively addressed during the different stages of treatment and during the follow-up of patients with endometrial cancer to determine the patientʼs need for support and take the appropriate steps to provide assistance. | EC | ||
| No. | Recommendation | GoR | LoE | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11.6 | Patients must be provided with accurate and pertinent information materials (print or internet media) which were compiled in accordance with defined quality criteria for healthcare information. Providing generally intelligible data about associated risks (e.g., information on the reduction of risk in absolute figures) supports the patient and allows her to make an independent decision for or against medical measures. | EC | ||
| No. | Recommendation | GoR | LoE | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11.7 | The patient must be offered the opportunity to bring along her partner or a relative/trusted confidant to any talks, starting with when she is given the diagnosis and including all following discussions and meetings during therapy and follow-up. | EC | ||
| 11.8 | During the consultation with her physician, the patientʼs individual preferences, needs, worries and fears must be elicited and taken into account. If the patient needs several consultations for this, then she must be offered further consultations. | EC | ||
| No. | Recommendation | GoR | LoE | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11.9 | Informing and educating the patient must start early, and the information must be conveyed in accordance with the basic principles of patient-centered communication, which encourages participatory decision-making. | EC | ||
| No. | Recommendation | GoR | LoE | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11.10 | The patient must be informed about the option of contacting self-help groups. | EC | ||
| No. | Recommendation | GoR | LoE | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11.11 | Patients with endometrial cancer must be informed about the therapy options described in this guideline which are relevant for them and must be educated about the chances of success associated with the respective options and the potential effects of the respective treatments. It is particularly important to inform the patient of the potential impact on her physical appearance, her sex life, her bladder and bowel control (incontinence), and the impact on areas which affect her self-concept as a woman (self-perception, fertility, menopausal symptoms). | EC | ||
| No. | Recommendation | GoR | LoE | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11.12.1 | All patients must be offered palliative care after receiving a diagnosis of incurable disease, irrespective of whether tumor-specific therapy is carried out or not. | A | 2 |
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| 11.12.2 | Specialist palliative care must be incorporated into the oncological decision-making processes, e.g., through the involvement of interdisciplinary tumor conferences. | EC | ||
| 11.12.3 | Patients with incurable disease who are in a highly complex situation must be offered specialist palliative care. | A | 2 |
|
| No. | Recommendation | GoR | LoE | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11.13 | Medical oncological rehabilitation aims to specifically treat the sequelae of disease and therapy. All patients with endometrial cancer must be informed and counseled about their legal options to apply for and use available rehabilitation services. | EC | ||
| 11.14 | Patients must not only be carefully questioned to determine whether they are experiencing therapy-related disorders (for example, abdominal wall disorders and adhesion symptoms, sexual dysfunction, pain during sexual intercourse, vaginal dryness, bladder and bowel disorders) and treated for any such disorders during primary therapy but must also be questioned and treated during rehabilitation and follow-up. | EC | ||
| No. | Recommendation | GoR | LoE | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11.15 |
Patients treated for endometrial cancer who develop urinary incontinence must be offered appropriate therapy as outlined in the German-language S2e-guideline on incontinence: “Interdisziplinäre S2e-Leitlinie für die Diagnostik und Therapie der Belastungsinkontinenz der Frau”
| EC | ||
| 11.16 | Patients treated for endometrial cancer who develop fecal incontinence should be offered pelvic floor training. | EC | ||
| No. | Recommendation | GoR | LoE | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11.17 | A combined therapy consisting of compression, skin care, manual lymph drainage and therapeutic exercise should be offered to patients with manifest lymphedema. | EC | ||
| No. | Recommendation | GoR | LoE | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11.18 | Patients experiencing fatigue symptoms should be offered active physical exercise (weight training and/or endurance training). | B | 2 |
|
| No. | Recommendation | GoR | LoE | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12.1 | Patients with endometrial cancer should be treated by an interdisciplinary team. The team should consist of a network of specialists from all the necessary medical specialties and cover all aspects of patient care. The most feasible place to achieve this is in a certified center. | EC | ||
| No. | Recommendation | GoR | LoE | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12.2 | Patients with endometrial cancer must be presented to an interdisciplinary tumor conference. | EC | ||
| Nr. | Empfehlung | EG | LoE | Quellen |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6.1 | Beim Endometriumkarzinom cT2 bzw. pT2 (mit histologischem Nachweis eines Befalls des Zervixstromas) ohne klinischen Verdacht auf eine Parametrieninfiltration soll keine radikale Hysterektomie (Parametrienresektion) durchgeführt werden. | A | 3 |
|
| Nr. | Empfehlung | EG | LoE | Quellen |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6.2 | Alle suspekten oder palpatorisch bzw. makroskopisch vergrößerten Lymphknoten sollen entfernt werden. | EK | ||
| 6.3 | Ein Lymphknotensampling unauffälliger Lymphknoten soll nicht durchgeführt werden. | EK | ||
| 6.4 | Beim Typ-I-Endometriumkarzinom (ICD-0: 8380/3, 8570/3, 8263/3, 8382/3, 8480/3) pT1a, G1/2 soll keine systematische Lymphadenektomie bei klinisch unauffälligen LK durchgeführt werden. | A | 1 |
|
| 6.5 | Beim Endometriumkarzinom Typ I, pT1a, G3, pT1b, G1/2 kann die systematische Lymphadenektomie durchgeführt werden. | 0 | 4 |
|
| 6.6 | Beim Endometriumkarzinom Typ I, pT1b, G3 sollte eine systematische Lymphadenektomie durchgeführt werden. | B | 4 |
|
| 6.7 | Beim Endometriumkarzinom Typ I, pT2 bis pT4, M0, G1–3 sollte die systematische Lymphadenektomie durchgeführt werden, wenn makroskopisch Tumorfreiheit erzielt werden kann. | B | 4 |
|
| 6.8 | Beim Endometriumkarzinom Typ II sollte die systematische Lymphadenektomie durchgeführt werden, wenn makroskopisch Tumorfreiheit erzielt werden kann. | EK | ||
| 6.9 | Bei Karzinosarkomen des Uterus sollte die systematische LNE durchgeführt werden. | B | 4 |
|
| 6.10 | Liegt beim Endometriumkarzinom eine Lymphgefäßinvasion vor, kann, auch wenn keine weiteren Risikofaktoren vorliegen, eine LNE durchgeführt werden. | EK | ||
| 6.11 | Wenn eine systematische LNE indiziert ist, sollte sie pelvin und infrarenal-paraaortal durchgeführt werden. | B | 4 |
|
| 6.12 | Die alleinige Sentinel-Lymphknoten-Biopsie beim Endometriumkarzinom soll nur im Rahmen von kontrollierten Studien durchgeführt werden. | EK | ||
| Nr. | Empfehlung | EG | LoE | Quellen |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6.13 | Bei endometrioiden Adenokarzinomen des Endometriums im vermuteten Frühstadium sollte die Hysterektomie und beidseitige Adnexexstirpation durch ein laparoskopisches oder laparoskopisch assistiertes vaginales Verfahren erfolgen. | B | 1 |
|
| Nr. | Empfehlung | EG | LoE | Quellen |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6.14 | Roboterunterstützte laparoskopische Verfahren können in gleicher Weise wie die konventionelle Laparoskopie zur Operation des EC eingesetzt werden. | EK | ||
| Nr. | Empfehlung | EG | LoE | Quellen |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6.15 | Bei fortgeschrittenem Endometriumkarzinom (inklusive Karzinosarkomen) kann eine operative Tumorreduktion mit dem Ziel der makroskopischen Tumorfreiheit durchgeführt werden. | 0 | 4 |
|
| Nr. | Empfehlung | EG | LoE | Quellen |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.1 | Im Stadium pT1a, pNX/0, G1 oder G2, endometrioides EC (Typ I), nach Hysterektomie mit oder ohne Lymphknotendissektion, sollte weder eine Brachytherapie noch eine Perkutanbestrahlung durchgeführt werden. | B | 1 |
|
| Nr. | Empfehlung | EG | LoE | Quellen |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.2 | Im Stadium pT1a, pNX/0 ohne Befall des Myometriums, G3, endometrioides EC (Typ I), kann eine vaginale Brachytherapie zur Reduktion des Risikos eines Vaginalrezidivs durchgeführt werden. | 0 | 4 |
|
| 7.3 | Im Stadium pT1b, G1 oder G2 pNX/0 und im Stadium pT1a (mit Myometriumbefall), G3 pNX/0, endometrioides EC (Typ I), sollte postoperativ die alleinige vaginale Brachytherapie zur Reduktion des Vaginalrezidivrisikos durchgeführt werden. | B | 2 |
|
| 7.4 | Patientinnen im Stadium pT1b pNX G3 oder im Stadium pT2 pNX, endometrioides EC (Typ I), sollten eine vaginale Brachytherapie erhalten, alternativ kann eine perkutane Strahlentherapie durchgeführt werden. | EK | ||
| 7.5 | Patientinnen nach systematischer LNE im Stadium pT1b pN0 G3 oder im Stadium pT2 pN0, endometrioides EC (Typ I), sollten eine vaginale Brachytherapie erhalten. Eine perkutane Strahlentherapie soll hier nicht durchgeführt werden. | EK | ||
| 7.6 | Bei Patientinnen im Stadium pT1pNX (jegliches Grading) mit „substanzieller LVSI“ (höchste Stufe in 3-stufiger Graduierung der Lymphgefäßinvasion) kann anstatt der vaginalen Brachytherapie eine perkutane Beckenbestrahlung durchgeführt werden. | EK | ||
| Nr. | Empfehlung | EG | LoE | Quellen |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.7 | Für Patientinnen mit positiven LK, Befall der uterinen Serosa, der Adnexe, der Vagina, der Blase oder des Rektums (also insgesamt Stadien III bis IVA) mit endometrioidem EC (Typ I) kann zusätzlich zur Chemotherapie zur Verbesserung der lokalen Kontrolle eine postoperative externe Beckenbestrahlung durchgeführt werden. | EK | ||
| Nr. | Empfehlung | EG | LoE | Quellen |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.8 | Bei Vorliegen von besonderen Risikofaktoren für ein vaginales Rezidiv (Stadium II oder Stadium IIIB-vaginal, jeweils mit knappen oder positiven Schnitträndern) kann nach der postoperativen externen Beckenbestrahlung nach Hysterektomie aufgrund eines endometrioiden EC eine zusätzliche vaginale Brachytherapie als Boost durchgeführt werden. | EK | ||
| Nr. | Empfehlung | EG | LoE | Quellen |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.9 | Die Indikationsstellung zur postoperativen vaginalen Brachytherapie bzw. externen Beckenbestrahlung bei Typ-II-Karzinom (serös oder klarzellig) sollte sich an den Empfehlungen für Typ-I-Karzinome (endometrioid) des Gradings G3 desselben Stadiums orientieren. | EK | ||
| Nr. | Empfehlung | EG | LoE | Quellen |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.10 | Zur Verbesserung der lokalen Kontrolle sollte beim Karzinosarkom eine postoperative Radiotherapie beim Vorliegen eines Stadiums FIGO I oder II durchgeführt werden. | B | 3 |
|
| Nr. | Empfehlung | EG | LoE | Quellen |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Zu beachten ist, dass die angegebenen Chemotherapien nicht für die adjuvante Therapie des Endometriumkarzinoms zugelassen sind und es sich bei ihrem Einsatz in diesen Indikationen um „Off-Label-Use“ handelt. | ||||
| 8.8 | Patientinnen mit Karzinosarkom FIGO-Stadium I oder II können eine adjuvante Chemotherapie mit Cisplatin/Ifosfamid in einer Dosierung von Ifosfamid 1,6 g/m 2 i. v. Tag 1 – 4 und Cisplatin 20 mg/m 2 i. v. Tag 1 – 4 oder Carboplatin/Paclitaxel in einer Dosierung Paclitaxel 175 mg/m 2 Tag 1 und Carboplatin AUC5 erhalten. 1 | 0 | 4 |
|
| 8.9 | Für Patientinnen mit einem Karzinosarkom des Stadiums FIGO III oder IV wurde für eine adjuvante Chemotherapie mit Ifosfamid/Paclitaxel oder Ifosfamid/Cisplatin ein signifikanter Überlebensvorteil gegenüber einer Monotherapie mit Ifosfamid gezeigt. | ST | 1 |
|
| 8.10 | Angesichts der hohen Toxizität von Ifosfamid-haltigen Kombinationen kann als adjuvante Chemotherapie bei Patientinnen mit Karzinosarkom auch die Kombination aus Carboplatin und Paclitaxel angewendet werden. | EK | ||
| Nr. | Empfehlung | EG | LoE | Quellen |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9.1 | Es gibt keine Belege, dass Nachsorgeuntersuchungen bei Frauen mit EC zu einer Verlängerung des Überlebens führen. | ST | 4 |
|
| 9.2 | Eine Anamneseerhebung mit gezielter Abfrage von Symptomen und die klinische gynäkologische Untersuchung mit Spiegeleinstellung und rektovaginaler Palpationsuntersuchung sollte in den ersten 3 Jahren nach Abschluss der Primärtherapie in 3- bis 6-monatigen Abständen und in den Jahren 4 und 5 halbjährlich durchgeführt werden. | EK | ||
| 9.3 | Bildgebende Untersuchungen und Tumormarkerbestimmungen sollten bei asymptomatischen Patientinnen nicht durchgeführt werden. | B | 4 |
|
| Nr. | Empfehlung | EG | LoE | Quellen |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9.4 | Bei Verdacht auf ein Lokalrezidiv im Bereich der Vagina oder des kleinen Beckens oder bei Verdacht auf Fernmetastasen soll eine histologische Sicherung angestrebt werden. | EK | ||
| 9.5 | Bei Verdacht auf ein Vaginalrezidiv, Beckenrezidiv oder Fernmetastasierung oder nach histologischer Sicherung eines Vaginalrezidivs, eines Beckenrezidivs oder einer Fernmetastasierung soll eine Schnittbildgebung erfolgen. | A | 3 |
|
| Nr. | Empfehlung | EG | LoE | Quellen |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9.10 | Sofern eine komplette Resektion des Rezidivtumors erreichbar scheint und die Schnittbildgebung keinen Hinweis auf eine Fernmetastasierung ergeben hat, kann eine operative Therapie des EC-Rezidivs durchgeführt werden. | EK | ||
| 9.11 | Es ist nicht belegt, dass eine Exenteration bei Frauen mit Rezidiv nach EC gegenüber anderen Therapien oder Best Supportive Care zu einer Verbesserung der Überlebensdauer, der Überlebensrate oder des progressionsfreien Überlebens führt. | EK | ||
| 9.12 | Eine Exenteration kann bei Frauen mit Rezidiv nach EC im Einzelfall erwogen werden. | EK | ||
| Nr. | Empfehlung | EG | LoE | Quellen |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9.13 | Es gibt keine Daten, die zeigen, dass eine endokrine Therapie bei Frauen mit Rezidiv nach EC gegenüber anderen Therapien oder Best Supportive Care zu einer Verbesserung der Überlebensdauer oder der Überlebensrate oder des progressionsfreien Überlebens führt. | EK | ||
| 9.14 | Eine endokrine Therapie mit MPA (200 mg/d) oder MGA (160 mg/d) kann bei Frauen mit Rezidiv nach EC durchgeführt werden. | 0 | 3 |
|
| 9.15 | Bei Frauen mit Rezidiv nach EC führt eine endokrine Therapie mit MPA zu höheren Ansprechraten, wenn eine Progesteronrezeptorexpression oder eine Östrogenrezeptorexpression oder eine gut bis mittelgradige Differenzierung (G1/G2) des Tumors nachweisbar sind. | ST | 3 |
|
| Nr. | Empfehlung | EG | LoE | Quellen |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1
Die Ausführungen zum „Off-Label-Use“ sind zu beachten (s. Kapitel 8 „Adjuvante medikamentöse Therapie des Endometriumkarzinoms“ in der Langversion)
| ||||
| 9.16 | Eine systemische Chemotherapie kann bei Frauen mit nicht lokal therapierbarem EC-Rezidiv oder bei Fernmetastasierung durchgeführt werden. | 0 | 1 |
|
| 9.17 | Die Überlegenheit eines bestimmten Chemotherapieregimes bei Frauen mit Rezidiv nach EC ist nicht erwiesen. Als effektivste Substanzen zur chemotherapeutischen Therapie eines fortgeschrittenen oder rezidivierten EC gelten Platinsalze, Anthrazykline und Taxane. Die Kombination von Carboplatin mit Paclitaxel hat sich als relativ gut verträgliche und sicher anwendbare Therapie etabliert. 1 | ST | 3 |
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| Nr. | Empfehlung | EG | LoE | Quellen |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9.21 | Als Palliativmaßnahme bei vaginaler Blutung oder Schmerzen durch ein Scheidenstumpf- oder Beckenwandrezidiv kann eine Strahlentherapie mit niedriger Gesamtdosis auch nach früherer Strahlentherapie eingesetzt werden. | EK | ||
| Nr. | Empfehlung | EG | LoE | Quellen |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11.1 | Patientinnen mit Endometriumkarzinom und ihre Angehörigen können mit vielfältigen körperlichen, psychischen, sozialen und spirituellen/religiösen Belastungen konfrontiert sein. | EK | ||
| Nr. | Empfehlung | EG | LoE | Quellen |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11.12.1 | Allen Patientinnen soll nach der Diagnose einer nicht heilbaren Krebserkrankung Palliativversorgung angeboten werden, unabhängig davon, ob eine tumorspezifische Therapie durchgeführt wird. | A | 2 |
|
| 11.12.2 | Spezialisierte Palliativversorgung soll in onkologische Entscheidungsprozesse integriert werden, z. B. durch Beteiligung an interdisziplinären Tumorkonferenzen. | EK | ||
| 11.12.3 | Patientinnen mit einer nicht heilbaren Krebserkrankung und einer hohen Komplexität ihrer Situation sollen eine spezialisierte Palliativversorgung erhalten. | A | 2 |
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| Nr. | Empfehlung | EG | LoE | Quellen |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11.13 | Die medizinisch-onkologische Rehabilitation dient der spezifischen Behandlung von Krankheits- und Therapiefolgestörungen. Alle Patientinnen mit EC sollen über die gesetzlichen Möglichkeiten zur Beantragung und Inanspruchnahme von Rehabilitationsleistungen informiert und beraten werden. | EK | ||
| 11.14 | Therapiebedingte Störungen, beispielsweise Bauchdecken- und Adhäsionsbeschwerden, sexuelle Funktionsstörungen, Schmerzen beim Geschlechtsverkehr, Scheidentrockenheit, Harnblasen- und Darmstörungen, sollen nicht nur in der Primärtherapie, sondern auch im Rahmen der Rehabilitation und in der Nachsorge erfragt und behandelt werden. | EK | ||