Published in:
Open Access
01-10-2009 | Original Paper
Interdisciplinary S2k guidelines on the diagnosis and treatment of endometrial carcinoma
Authors:
Günter Emons, Rainer Kimmig
Published in:
Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology
|
Issue 10/2009
Login to get access
Excerpt
The first recommendations for the diagnosis and treatment of endometrial cancer had been published by the Uterus Commission of the Gynecological Oncology Working Group (AGO), affiliated to the German Society for Gynecology and Obstetrics (DGGG) and the German Cancer Society (DKG), in 1999 (S1 guideline). This guideline was updated twice, on the S1-level, most recently in 2006. Between October 2007 and 2008 another update was performed on the S2k level by an interdisciplinary group of experts representative of the users. The methodologic procedure was based on the regulations described in the DKG’s working instructions for producing interdisciplinary consensus-based guidelines. …