RESULTS
1. Patient characteristics
Overall, 71 patients with first recurrent of uLMS were included in our
study. Patients median age at
diagnosis was 48 years (range: 26-69 years). More than half of them were
initially diagnosed before 50 years (54.9%). The FIGO 2008 distribution
by stage at initial presentation was: stage I in 55 patients (77.5%),
stage II in 8 patients (11.3%), stage III in 3 patients (4.2%) and
stage IV in 5 patients (7.0%) (Table 1). Primary surgical treatment
consisted of a total hysterectomy in 51 (71.8%) of the patients, 17
(23.9%) underwent a myomectomy, 3 (4.2%) had a radical hysterectomy
(Table 1). Of these patients, 45 (63.4%) received adjuvant
chemotherapy, and 3 (4.2%) received adjuvant radiotherapy (Table 1).