title: Proliferating ovarian "epithelial" tumours: a clinico-pathological analysis of 144 cases.
abstract: In a 25-year period, 144 patients with proliferating epithelial ovarian tumours were treated at the King George V Memorial Hospital. These tumours were classified according to the World Health Organisation (WHO) Histological Classification of Ovarian Tumours and subsequently divided into 4 grades of proliferation, again on histological criteria. The tumours were staged at laparotomy in accord with the recommendations of the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO). Follow-up data, analysed by a life-table method, were correlated against histological type of tumour, histological grade of proliferation, clinical/laparotomy stage, and mode of surgical therapy. Stage 1 proliferating tumours may be treated by surgery alone, including unilateral salpingo-oophorectomy in selected cases. Stage 2 and Stage 3 tumours should be treated similarly to invasive ovarian carcinomas of the same stage, despite their overall favourable prognosis.
mesh_terms: D002369:Castration; D005187:Fallopian Tubes / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D011379:Prognosis