Patient-initiated follow-up after treatment for low risk endometrial cancer: a prospective audit of outcomes and cost benefits

Objective Recurrence of low-risk endometrioid endometrial cancer is rare, and traditional hospital follow-up has a cost to both the patient and the healthcare system, without evidence of benefit. We examined the uptake of patient-initiated follow-up, pattern of recurrences, and survival for women following surgical treatment of low-risk endometrial cancer and compared estimated costs with hospital follow-up. Methods This study was a prospective...