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Identification of prognostic factors in advanced epithelial ovarian carcinoma.

Gynecology Service, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York 10021, USA.
Gynecologic Oncology (impact factor: 3.89). 10/2001; 82(3):532-7. DOI:10.1006/gyno.2001.6328 pp.532-7
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ABSTRACT The Gynecologic Oncology Group (GOG) has demonstrated that age, tumor grade, and size and number of residual lesions after primary cytoreductive surgery are significant prognostic factors in advanced ovarian carcinoma. Recent studies have reported numerous other clinical features as having prognostic value. We sought to identify the independent prognostic factors for survival in a cohort of patients with advanced ovarian cancer.
We performed a retrospective chart review of all patients with stage III and IV ovarian carcinoma who received their primary treatment at our institution between 1987 and 1994.
A total of 295 patients were identified, 282 of whom were evaluable. Of these 282 patients, 214 (76%) have died of disease or other causes. The median follow-up is 32 months (range: 1-139). Eighteen factors were evaluated for prognostic significance. Significant factors in univariate analysis included patient age, gravidity (0 vs > 0), parity (0 vs > 0), preoperative albumin level, preoperative total protein level, ascites (presence vs absence), disease stage (IIIA/IIIB vs IIIC vs IV), number of residual lesions (< or =20 vs >20), and diameter of largest residual tumor nodule (< or = 1 cm vs 1-2 cm vs > 2 cm). However, on multivariate analysis, only patient age (P < 0.001), ascites (P = 0.001), and size of residual disease (P = 0.005) retained prognostic significance. Substage of disease was of borderline significance (P = 0.086).
Although numerous clinical variables have recently been reported to have prognostic value in advanced ovarian carcinoma, only patient age, presence or absence of ascites, and diameter of the largest residual tumor nodule proved to be of statistical significance in our analysis.

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Keywords

borderline significance
 
disease stage
 
Gynecologic Oncology Group
 
independent prognostic factors
 
IV ovarian carcinoma
 
largest residual tumor nodule
 
multivariate analysis
 
numerous clinical variables
 
ovarian cancer
 
preoperative albumin level
 
preoperative total protein level
 
primary cytoreductive surgery
 
prognostic significance
 
prognostic value
 
Recent studies
 
retrospective chart review
 
statistical significance
 
Substage
 
tumor grade
 
univariate analysis
 

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