Factors affecting the survival of 121 patients treated for endometrial carcinoma at a Polish hospital

A retrospective analysis was made of 121 patients treated for endometrial carcinoma. Patients who were married and were professionally active at the time of the diagnosis of endometrial cancer had a significantly longer predictive 5-year survival in comparison to other groups of patients. A significantly longer expected 5-year survival was observed in married patients compared to widowed and single patients (P=0.01). Patients who were professionally active at the time of diagnosis had a longer expected 5-year survival than retired patients and housewives (P=0.05). Statistically better prognoses were confirmed in patients with clinically less advanced disease (P=0.003) and a lesser degree of histologic differentiation (P=0.04). However, obese patients had a longer 5-year survival compared to non-obese patients and the difference was statistically significant (P=0.05). Body-mass index (BMI) in the range of 25–29 had a favourable influence on predictive 5-year survival (P=0.05).