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Volume 6 Issue 12 (December, 2018)

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Prognostic factors implicated in endometric cancer patients: A hospital based study
Vibha B Haripriya, Anil Kumar Haripriya, Arvind Baghel

Background: The most common malignancy of the female genital tract in industrialized countries is endometrial carcinoma. The present study was planned to assess different prognostic factors implicated in endometric cancer patients. Materials & methods: The present study included assessment of different prognostic factors implicated in endometric cancer patients. Data records of all the patients with confirmed diagnosis of endometrial carcinoma admitted to the department of gynecology in a time period of five years were screened. All the results were compiled in Microsoft excel sheet and were analysed by SPSS software. Results: Data records of a total of 100 patients with endometrial carcinoma were analysed. 71 percent of the patients were more than 50 years of age, while 29 percent of the patients were less than 50 years of age. Significance results obtained while comparing the distribution of patients divided on the basis of age and menopausal state. Majority of the patients (62 percent patients) belonged to stage I of surgical staging. Lymph node metastasis was present in 23 percent of the patients while it was absent in 77 percent of the patients. Conclusion: It is important for segregating the risk factors of endometrial carcinoma for improving the prognosis of the patients Key words: Cancer, Endometrial, Prognostic.

 
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