DescriPtion oF the eviDence collection methoD The bibliographic review of scientific articles was performed in the databases EMBASE, SciELO/LILACS, PubMed/Medline, and the Cochrane Library using the keywords (MeSH terms) grouped as follows: (endometrial neoplasm OR carcinoma, endometrial OR endometrial cancers OR endometrium cancer OR uterine neoplasm OR neoplasm, uterus OR uterus cancers OR cancer of the uterus OR uterine cancers) AND adenocarcinoma AND risk factors AND (neoplasm staging OR

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... or staging OR cancer staging) AND neoplasm invasiveness AND neoplasm metastasis AND lymphatic metastasis AND (antineoplastic agent, hormonal OR hormonal antineoplastic drugs) AND medroxyprogesterone AND tamoxifen AND (neoplasm recurrence, local OR local neoplasm recurrence) AND recurrence AND (lymph node excision OR lymph node dissections OR node dissection, lymph) AND (adjuvant chemotherapy OR chemotherapy, adjuvant) AND (antineoplastic combined chemotherapy protocols OR antineoplastic agents, combined OR cancer chemotherapy protocol) AND (adjuvant radiotherapy OR radiotherapy, adjuvant) AND radiotherapy, high-energy AND combined modality therapy AND (laparoscopy OR surgical procedures, laparoscopic OR laparoscopic surgery OR laparoscopic surgical procedures) AND laparotomy AND postoperative complications AND follow-up studies.