Prognostic Significance of Hormone Receptor (ER/PR) Status Inendometrial Carcinoma in Black Women: Implications with Lymph Node Metastasis

Loss of estrogen and progesterone receptors (ER/ PR) independently predicts lymph node metastasis and poor prognosis. Black females in comparison to their white counterparts are diagnosed at a later stage, with higher grade, poorer prognostic histology, and worse outcomes. We reviewed black females (n = 70) diagnosed with endometrial cancer at our institution from 2015-2018 including endometroid/non-endometroid histology, FIGO stage I-IVA, grade 1-3 for ER/PR receptors and presence or absence of pelvic lymph nodes based on preoperative endometrial curettage and post-surgical pathology specimens.