Open AccessPreoperative markers for the prediction of high-risk features in endometrial cancer
Author(s) -
Pinyada Panyavaranant,
Tarinee Manchana
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
world journal of clinical oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2218-4333
DOI - 10.5306/wjco.v11.i6.378
Subject(s) - medicine , endometrial cancer , stage (stratigraphy) , receiver operating characteristic , cancer , oncology , clinical significance , metastasis , paleontology , biology
Preoperative evaluations aiming to assess high-risk features in clinical stage 1 endometrial cancer patients are crucial to refer these patients to gynecologic oncologists. Cancer antigen 125 (CA125) and human epididymis protein 4 (HE4) have been reported in endometrial cancer patients with poor prognostic factors.