Purpose
As understanding of the molecular pathogenesis of endometrial carcinoma (EC) advanced, the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) staging system was revised in 2023. This study compared EC survival outcomes using the 2009 and 2023 FIGO staging systems.
Materials and Methods
We retrospectively analyzed 3,029 patients diagnosed with 2009 FIGO stage I–III EC between 1985 and 2022 in South Korea, and between 2020 and 2022 in Taiwan. All patients were reclassified using the 2023 FIGO staging, and survival and risk factors were examined under both systems.
Results
Transitioning from the 2009 to 2023 FIGO resulted in 549 (18.0%) patients being upstaged and their survival curves being diversified, indicating significant prognostic value of the 2023 FIGO. Re-classification using the 2023 FIGO upstaged the 2009 FIGO stage IA high-risk ECs, allowing more intensive treatment and potentially improving survival outcomes. The most significant changes occurred in the 2009 FIGO stages IA, IB, and IIIA ECs: upstaging in 16.5%, 49.0%, and 2.0% of IA, IB, and IIIA tumors, respectively, and downstaging 0.3% and 40.8% of IB and IIIA tumors, respectively. The risk factors for poor survival included old age (≥60), menopause, diabetes, substantial lymphovascular space invasion, aberrant p53 expression, and some aggressive histological types (carcinosarcoma, undifferentiated carcinoma, mesonephric-like adenocarcinoma, and neuroendocrine carcinoma).
Conclusion
The 2023 FIGO staging provides more refined stratification of early-stage EC than the 2009 version. Thus, the 2023 FIGO may more accurately guide prognosis and therapeutic decision-making.
Purpose This study aimed to report the projected cancer incidence and mortality for the year 2023 to estimate Korea’s current cancer burden.
Materials and Methods Cancer incidence data from 1999 to 2020 were obtained from the Korea National Cancer Incidence Database, and cancer mortality data from 1993 to 2021 were acquired from Statistics Korea. Cancer incidence and mortality were projected by fitting a linear regression model to observed age-specific cancer rates against their respective years and then by multiplying the projected age-specific rates by the anticipated age-specific population for 2023. A joinpoint regression model was used to determine the year in which the linear trend changed significantly; we only used the data of the latest trend.
Results In total, 273,076 new cancer cases and 81,818 cancer deaths are expected to occur in Korea in 2023. The most common cancer site is expected to be the lung, followed by the thyroid, breast, colon and rectum, and stomach. These five cancers are expected to represent half of the overall burden of cancer in Korea. The most common type of cancer leading to death is expected to be lung cancer, followed by liver, colorectal, pancreatic, and gallbladder cancers.
Conclusion The incidence rates for all types of cancer in Korea are estimated to gradually decrease. These up-to-date estimates of the cancer burden in Korea could be an important resource for planning and evaluating cancer-control programs.
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