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Item Uterine papillary serous and clear cell carcinomas: Comparison of characteristics and clinical outcomes(2022) Sari, Sezin Yuce; Guler, Ozan Cem; Oymak, Ezgi; Gultekin, Melis; Yigit, Ecem; Kahvecioglu, Alper; Yuce, Kunter; Celik, Husnu; Usubutun, Alp; Bolat, Filiz; Onal, Cem; Yildiz, Ferah; 0000-0003-1185-9227; 35385171Introduction To assess the rate of disease control and survival after adjuvant treatment in patients with uterine papillary serous (PSC) and clear cell carcinoma (CCC) and compare the results between these two subtypes. Methods The medical charts of 199 patients with de novo uterine PSC or CCC who underwent radiotherapy (RT) following surgery between 2001 and 2019 in three radiation oncology departments were retrospectively evaluated. Adjuvant treatment was decided by a multidisciplinary tumor board. All patients were planned to undergo adjuvant 4-6 cycles of chemotherapy with external beam RT (EBRT) and/or vaginal brachytherapy (VBT). Results Median age was 63 years for all, 64 years for PSC, and 59 years for CCC, respectively. Complete surgical staging was applied in 98% of patients. Histopathologic subtype was PSC in 142 (71%) and pure CCC in 57 (29%) patients, respectively. FIGO stage was I in 107 (54%), II in 35 (18%), and III in 57 (28%) patients, respectively. Lympho-vascular space invasion and positive peritoneal cytology (PPC) were present in 42% and 10% of patients, respectively. All patients but 23 (12%) underwent adjuvant chemotherapy. Median follow-up was 49.5 months for all patients, 43.9 months for patients with PSC, and 90.4 months for patients with CCC, respectively. During follow-up, 20 (10%) patients developed pelvic recurrence (PR) and 37 (19%) developed distant metastasis (DM). PSC subtype increased the PR and DM rates, although the latter not statistically significant. The 5-year overall survival and disease-free survival rate was 73% and 69% for all patients, 71% and 66% for patients with PSC, and 77% and 75% for patients with CCC, respectively. The difference was more prominent in patients with stage >= IB disease. In multivariate analysis, advanced age and PPC significantly decreased all survival rates. Conclusion PSC has a worse prognosis than CCC with regard to pelvic and distant recurrence with a trend for decreased survival rates. Therefore, a more aggressive therapy is needed for patients with uterine PSC, particularly in patients with stage >= IB disease.Item Impact of lymph node ratio in patients with stage IIIC endometrial carcinoma treated with postoperative radiotherapy(2021) Onal, Cem; Sari, Sezin Yuce; Yavas, Guler; Guler, Ozan Cem; Yiğit, Ecem; Oymak, Ezgi; Gultekin, Melis; Yildiz, Ferah; 0000-0002-2742-9021; 34355983; D-5195-2014Aim: To evaluate the prognostic value of the lymph node ratio (LNR) and other clinicopathological factors in patients with stage IIIC endometrial cancer. Methods: Factors affecting overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS) were assessed in 397 patients with stage IIIC endometrial cancer treated with postoperative radiotherapy. Patients undergoing the removal of at least ten lymph nodes were included in the study. Results: The 5-year OS and PFS rates were 58% and 52%, respectively, with a median follow-up time of 35.7 months. The LNR cutoff value was 9.6%. In the multivariate analysis, advanced age (>= 60 years), grade III tumor, presence of cervical stromal invasion, higher LNR and lack of adjuvant chemotherapy were independent predictors for worse OS and PFS. Conclusion: The LNR is an independent predictor for OS and PFS in patients with stage IIIC endometrial cancer treated with postoperative radiotherapy.Item Role of vaginal brachytherapy boost following adjuvant external beam radiotherapy in cervical cancer: Turkish Society for Radiation Oncology Gynecologic Group Study (TROD 04-002)(2021) Gultekin, Melis; Esen, Caglayan Selenge Beduk; Balci, Beril; Alanyali, Senem; Yildirim, Berna Akkus; Guler, Ozan Cem; Sari, Sezin Yuce; Ergen, Sefika Arzu; Sahinler, Ismet; Cetin, Ilknur Alsan; Onal, Cem; Yildiz, Ferah; Ozsaran, Zeynep; 0000-0002-2742-9021; 0000-0001-6661-4185; 0000-0001-6908-3412; 32998860; D-5195-2014; V-5717-2017; AAC-5654-2020Objective There are a limited number of studies supporting vaginal brachytherapy boost to external beam radiotherapy in the adjuvant treatment of cervical cancer. The aim of this study was to assess the impact of the addition of vaginal brachytherapy boost to adjuvant external beam radiotherapy on oncological outcomes and toxicity in patients with cervical cancer. Methods Patients treated with post-operative external beam radiotherapy +/- chemotherapy +/- vaginal brachytherapy between January 2001 and January 2019 were retrospectively evaluated. The treatment outcomes and prognostic factors were analyzed in patients treated with external beam radiotherapy with or without vaginal brachytherapy. Results A total of 480 patients were included in the analysis. The median age was 51 years (range 42-60). At least two intermediate risk factors were observed in 51% of patients, while 49% had at least one high-risk factor. The patients in the external beam radiotherapy + vaginal brachytherapy group had worse prognostic factors than the external beam radiotherapy alone group. With a median follow-up time of 56 months (range 33-90), the 5-year overall survival rate was 82%. There was no difference in 5-year overall survival (87% vs 79%, p=0.11), recurrence-free survival (74% vs 71%, p=0.49), local recurrence-free survival (78% vs 76%, p=0.16), and distant metastasis-free survival (85% vs 76%, p=0.09) rates between treatment groups. There was no benefit of addition of vaginal brachytherapy to external beam radiotherapy in patients with positive surgical margins. In multivariate analysis, stage (overall survival and local recurrence-free survival), tumor histology (recurrence-free survival, local recurrence-free survival and distant metastasis-free survival), parametrial invasion (recurrence-free survival and distant metastasis-free survival), lymphovascular space invasion (recurrence-free survival), and lymph node metastasis (distant metastasis-free survival) were found as negative prognostic factors. Conclusion Adding vaginal brachytherapy boost to external beam radiotherapy did not provide any benefit in local control or survival in patients with cervical cancer.Item Is there any benefit of paraaortic field irradiation in pelvic lymph node positive endometrial cancer patients? A propensity match analysis(2020) Onal, Cem; Yuce Sari, Sezin; Akkus Yildirim, Berna; Gultekin, Melis; Guler, Ozan Cem; Yildiz, Ferah; 0000-0002-2742-9021; 0000-0001-6908-3412; 31793400; D-5195-2014; AAC-5654-2020We evaluated the survival outcomes and recurrence patterns of endometrial cancer (EC) patients with pelvic lymph node metastases who received postoperative radiotherapy (RT) to the pelvis (P-RT) or to the pelvis plus paraaortic lymph nodes (PA-RT) with or without systemic chemotherapy (ChT). The data from 167 patients with stage IIIC1 EC treated with postoperative RT or RT and ChT were collected retrospectively. Those patients with pelvic lymph node metastases were treated with either P-RT (106 patients, 63%) or PA-RT (61 patients, 37%). The median follow-up time for the entire cohort was 49 (range = 5-199) months. The patients receiving adjuvant ChT and RT had significantly higher 5-year OS rates (77% vs. 33%, p < .001) and 5-year PFS rates (71% vs. 30%, p < .001) when compared to those receiving adjuvant RT alone. The patients receiving P-RT and ChT had significantly higher 5-year OS rates and 5-year PFS rates when compared to those treated with adjuvant PA-RT in the entire cohort and matched cohort. Adjuvant ChT together with RT is the strongest predictor of the OS and PFS. Prophylactic PA-RT is unnecessary, even if ChT is used together with P-RT in EC patients with pelvic lymph node metastasis.Impact statement What is already known on this subject? Local and distant recurrence risks are relatively higher in patients with stage IIIC disease, postoperative adjuvant treatment is required to reduce the recurrence risk. Adjuvant RT is a common approach for patients with locally advanced EC. Optimal target volume for RT in patients with stage IIIC EC remains controversial. We demonstrated that extended field RT is unnecessary, even if ChT is used together with pelvic RT in stage IIIC EC patients. What do the results of this study add? We demonstrated that adjuvant ChT together with RT is the strongest predictor of the OS and PFS for EC patients with pelvic lymph node metastases. Extended field RT is unnecessary, even if ChT is used together with pelvic RT in EC patients with pelvic lymph node metastases.