Purpose: According to the World Health Organization classification system, uterine leiomyosarcomas (ULMS) are high-grade. A diagnosis of smooth-muscle tumors of uncertain malignant potential (STUMP) is made when Stanford Criteria for ULMS are not met. When a STUMP recurs, the tumor is diagnosed as ULMS and medical treatment is the same as for ULMS. In recent years, some sarcoma centers valued the less aggressive clinical behavior of several recurring STUMP and, given their expression of estrogen and progesterone receptors, started to treat them with hormonal therapy.
Experimental Design: This was a retrospective cohort analysis conducted at three referral centers joining the Leiomyosarcoma Foundation Roundtable. We selected all cases of uterine smooth muscle tumors consistent with STUMP and treated with hormonal therapy.
Results: 27 consecutive patients were identified. Median age at diagnosis was 43 years. Stage was IA-IB in more than 70% of patients. In these patients, median time to relapse was 62 months. Sites of first relapses were mostly pelvis and peritoneum (76%). After a median follow-up of 49 months, 14 patients (52%) had a partial response while 10 (37%) had a minor response or stable disease. Median time to progression was not reached.
Conclusions: We observed a response or long-term stability rate on hormonal therapy in the 90% range; in all cases the time to relapse was significantly longer than in ULMS and in most cases the relapse was abdominal. On the basis of these findings, we conclude that a proportion of patients with uterine smooth muscle neoplasms actually present with a "low-grade ULMS."
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