OBJECTIVE: To define the accuracy of preoperative evaluation of prognostic factors in detecting @entity1 with low risk of node @entity3 in which different surgical approaches can be proposed. SUBJECTS: Seventy-five @entity1 with a histologically proven @entity1204 were considered in this study. METHODS: All the @entity1 underwent a preoperative evaluation of grading (G), and @entity3 (M) by endometrial biopsy and transvaginal ultrasound (TVS). In 41 @entity1 preoperative ploidy of @entity189 cells (P) was determined by flow cytometry. Pre-surgical G, M and P were then compared with surgical specimens. We considered 'low risk', @entity1 with no or moderate @entity3 , well-differentiated histological grading and diploid DNA. RESULTS: We were able to identify 19/23 (82.6%) low risk cases. Correct identification of high risk @entity1 was obtained in 49/52 (94%) @entity1 . In three low risk @entity1 , correctly diagnosed preoperatively, the final FIGO stage was IIIA (two for adnexal involvement and one for positive peritoneal washing). CONCLUSIONS: Our findings suggest that it is possible to detect preoperatively @entity1 with a low risk of node @entity3 . Alternative surgical approaches, i.e. vaginal surgery, can be taken into account in such @entity1 .

Reliability of preoperative evaluation of prognostic factors in XXXX .

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients'] @entity189 :: ('MESH:D002277', 'Disease') :: ['carcinoma'] @entity3 :: ('MESH:D009362', 'Disease') :: ['metastasis', 'myometrial invasion'] @entity1204 :: ('MESH:D016889', 'Disease') :: ['endometrial carcinoma']
@entity1204 :: (MESH:D016889,Disease) :: ['endometrial carcinoma']
