Prevalence of Self Reported Lymphedema in Patients With Endometrial Cancer

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Endometrial Cancer; Lymphedema

Treatments: Behavioral: questionnaire

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02912767

16-1001

Details and patient eligibility

About

The investigators are interested in understanding how the patient has been doing since their surgery for endometrial cancer and if they are experiencing any symptoms related to lymphedema (swelling) in the your lower body. The investigators hope that information from the patient and others will help them improve care for women treated for endometrial cancer.

Enrollment: 625 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Presented to MSK with newly diagnosed endometrial carcinoma of any histologic profile clinically confined to the uterus and/or uterine cervix
• Underwent primary surgery at our institution, to include at least a total hysterectomy via laparotomy, laparoscopy, or robotic approach, between January 2006 and December 2013
• Alive at the time of study activation

Exclusion criteria

• Had documented macroscopic evidence of extrauterine disease at the time of initial diagnosis

Trial design

625 participants in 2 patient groups

SLN cohort

Description:

Patients who underwent hysterectomy only or with SLN mapping alone.

Treatment:

Behavioral: questionnaire

LND cohort

Description:

Patients who underwent hysterectomy with standard lymphadenectomy, with or without SLN mapping.

Treatment:

Behavioral: questionnaire