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Finally, prognosis was compared between small- and large-cell neuroendocrine carcinoma (SCNEC and LCNEC, respectively) of the endometrium.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>There were 20, 8, 47, and 95 patients with stage I, II, III, and IV NET, respectively. The 5-year OS rates of patients in each stage were 59.86%, 42.86%, 32.75%, and 6.04%, respectively. The 5-year CSS survival rates were 59.86%, 50.0%, 38.33%, and 6.39%, respectively. In the multivariate analysis, American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) stage and treatment were associated with poor OS, while AJCC stage, nodal metastasis, and treatment were associated with poor CSS. Neither pathological type nor distant metastasis was associated with prognosis. The rate of distant metastasis was significantly higher for LCNEC than for SCNEC, while 5-year OS and CSS rates were significantly lower.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>Complete surgical treatment should be selected regardless of staging for patients with endometrial NETs. For early-stage disease, individualized postoperative treatment with single chemotherapy or radiotherapy may improve OS and CSS. 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