Table 2. Observed and disease-specific 5-year survival after endometrial cancer according to stage.

	n	Number of endometrial cancer deaths	Median follow-up (days)	Overall 5-year survivala (%)	Disease specific 5-year survivalb (%)
Stage I	112	14	1825	85	88
Stage II	14	8	1176	36	43
Stage III cyt	17	1	1825	94	94
Stage IIIA hist	18	8	1048	44	51
Stage IIIB +	9	5	1224	44	44

Stage I=tumour confined to uterus; stage II=tumour invading cervix; stage IIIA cyt=positive peritoneal cytology; Stage IIIA hist=histological involvement of serosa or adnexa; stage IIIB+=tumour invading vagina, mucosa of bladder/bowel, regional lymph node or distant metastases.

^aAll cases of death.

^bDeath from endometrial cancer.