The Impact of Positive Peritoneal Cytology on the Survival Rates of Early-Stage-Disease Endometrial Cancer Patients: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Author:

Pergialiotis Vasilios1ORCID,Panagiotopoulos Michail1ORCID,Koutras Antonios1ORCID,Daras Andreas1,Ntounis Thomas1ORCID,Liontos Michalis2ORCID,Daskalakis Georgios1ORCID,Thomakos Nikolaos1

Affiliation:

1. First Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Gynecologic Oncology, “Alexandra” General Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 11528 Athens, Greece

2. Department of Clinical Therapeutics, Alexandra General Hospital, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 11528 Athens, Greece

Abstract

Background and Objectives: The impact of positive peritoneal cytology has been a matter of controversy in early-stage endometrial cancer for several years. The latest staging systems do not take into consideration its presence; however, emerging evidence about its potential harmful effect on patient survival outcomes suggests otherwise. In the present systematic review and meta-analysis, we sought to accumulate current evidence. Materials and Methods: Medline, Scopus, the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials CENTRAL, Google Scholar and Clinicaltrials.gov databases were searched for relevant articles. Effect sizes were calculated in Rstudio using the meta function. A sensitivity analysis was carried out to evaluate the possibility of small-study effects and p-hacking. Trial sequential analysis was used to evaluate the adequacy of the sample size. The methodological quality of the included studies was assessed using the Newcastle–Ottawa scale. Results: Fifteen articles were finally included in the present systematic review that involved 19,255 women with early-stage endometrial cancer. The Newcastle–Ottawa scale indicated that the majority of included studies had a moderate risk of bias in their selection of participants, a moderate risk of bias in terms of the comparability of groups (positive peritoneal cytology vs. negative peritoneal cytology) and a low risk of bias concerning the assessment of the outcome. The results of the meta-analysis indicated that women with early-stage endometrial cancer and positive peritoneal cytology had significantly lower 5-year recurrence-free survival (RFS) (hazards ratio (HR) 0.26, 95% CI 0.09, 0.71). As a result of the decreased recurrence-free survival, patients with positive peritoneal cytology also exhibited reduced 5-year overall survival outcomes (HR 0.50, 95% CI 0.27, 0.92). The overall survival of the included patients was considerably higher among those that did not have positive peritoneal cytology (HR 12.76, 95% CI 2.78, 58.51). Conclusions: Positive peritoneal cytology seems to be a negative prognostic indicator of survival outcomes of patients with endometrial cancer. Considering the absence of data related to the molecular profile of patients, further research is needed to evaluate if this factor should be reinstituted in future staging systems.

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MDPI AG

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