The Clinical and pathological characteristics and survival of patients with advanced ovarian cancer
Abstract
Introduction: Ovarian cancer has the highest mortality rate of all gynaecologic malignancies. The aim of this study was the evaluation of the clinical patholog- ical characteristics and survival analysis of primarily operated patients with advanced stages of malignant epithelial ovarian tumour.
Methods: The research was conducted as a cohort study with 59 patients with FIGO stage III and IV, which were primarily operated between 1 January 2008 and 31 December 2010 (three years). Age, comorbidities, BMI, presence of asci- tes, the level of the marker CA-125, histopathology and FIGO stage were anal- ysed. The survival rate was estimated at the level of 1, 3 and 5 years.
Results: The median age was 53 years (range 29-86). The most common histo- pathological type was serous (66.1 %) and the most common FIGO stage was 3a (49.2 %). Optimal cytoreduction was performed in 35.5 % of patients, 84.7 % of patients survived for one year, 44.1 % three years and 37.3 % for five years. The median survival was 26.25 months (range 0-91). Chi-square test showed signif- icant difference between the number of months of survival and: the value of CA- 125 (t = 2.004, p = 0.050), cytoreduction (p < 0.001) and FIGO stage (p < 0.01).
Conclusion: According to the results of this study, optimal cytoreduction and FIGO stage significantly influence survival (p < 0.001). Optimal cytoreduction (< 2 cm of residual disease) had the highest prognostic value for survival. A total five-year survival in this study was 37.3 %.
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