Improved Outcome of High-Grade, Early 1-Stage Endometrioid Endometrial Carcinoma With Adjuvant Chemotherapy and Radiotherapy: Comparison of 2 Treatment Strategies.

Objective: Patients with high-grade endometrioid endometrial carcinoma have a high risk of recurrence, even in early stage. To determine the benefit of a more aggressive adjuvant treatment approach, different treatment strategies of 2 referral centers were compared.

Materials And Methods: Outcome of all patients with International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics IB and II high-grade endometrioid endometrial carcinoma treated between 2008 and 2012, at the Gynecological Oncology Center South (GOCS) were compared with patients treated at the British Columbia Cancer Agency (BCCA).

The role of palliative colorectal stents in gynaecologic malignancy.

Objective: The objectives of this study were to determine the clinical success of colorectal stenting in patients with large bowel obstruction secondary to gynaecologic malignancy and to determine whether there are any predictors of outcome.

Methods: This was a retrospective cohort study of all patients with a gynaecologic malignancy and large bowel obstruction referred for colorectal stenting at Vancouver General Hospital between January 2006 and February 2013. All stents were placed using image guidance with the exception of one placed endoscopically.

The importance of adjuvant chemotherapy and pelvic radiotherapy in high-risk early stage endometrial carcinoma.

Objective: To determine the impact of a policy change in which women with high-risk early stage endometrioid endometrial cancer (EEC) received adjuvant chemoradiotherapy.

Methods: This is a population-based retrospective cohort study of British Columbia Cancer Registry patients diagnosed from 2008 to 2012 with high-risk early stage EEC, who received adjuvant chemoradiotherapy after primary surgery. High-risk early stage was defined as the presence of two or more high-risk uterine factors: grade 3 tumor, more than 50% myometrial invasion, and/or cervical stromal involvement.

Recruiting medical students to rural practice: perspectives of medical students and rural recruiters.

Objective: To explore the strategies used by rural recruitment programs and their perceived influence on medical students.

Design: Two original questionnaires delivered electronically, one to medical students and the other to recruiters in rural Ontario communities.

Setting: Ontario, Canada.