Table 1

Recent studies showing inferior survival outcome after minimally invasive surgery in endometrial cancer.

Year

Author

Study design

Patient subgroup of interest

Major findings

2020

Song et al.24

Retrospective

Stage I, intermediate risk

Minimally invasive surgery group showed higher recurrence rate.

2021

Philp et al.25

Retrospective

Stage I-II, high-intermediate risk

Minimally invasive surgery group showed higher risk of and shorter time to recurrence.

2021

Dai et al.26

Retrospective

All stages, TP53 mutant

Minimally invasive surgery group showed shorter recurrence-free survival.

2021

Kim et al.27

Retrospective

Stage II

Minimally invasive surgery group showed shorter disease-free survival.