Maximal cytoreductive surgery as a reasonable therapeutic alternative for recurrent endometrial carcinoma.

Objective: The objective was to determine if maximal cytoreductive surgery could carry any benefit in pelvic and abdominal recurrent endometrial carcinoma.

Methods: Twenty women at their first large pelvic or abdominal recurrence from endometrial carcinoma were treated with maximal cytoreductive surgery. Women were classified as R1 (residual tumor) or R0 (no residual tumor) by tumor left at the end of surgery.

An unusual presentation of vulvar carcinoma in a HIV patient.

A report of a case of rapidly growing vulvar cancer associated with vulvar condylomas in a patient with HIV infection is given. This aggressive tumor resembles those epithelial tumors observed in women with iatrogenic immunosuppression and lymphoid neoplasia currently observed in HIV patients.