title: Prognostic factors in epithelial ovarian cancer.
abstract: In the present study the Authors have statistically evaluated the influence of the main prognostic factors in 160 women affected by epithelial ovarian cancer. They were sequentially observed at Oncologic Institute of Bari, Italy from december 1981 to december 1989. The prognostic factors (age, stage, grading, histological type, performance status and residual disease), have been evaluated through an actuarial analysis of survival and compared with those reported by many authors in literature. Our data confirm the relevance, among all, of the grading, the clinical stage and residual disease as traditional parameters. Furthermore it is proposable the use of new prognostic factors such as nuclear ploidy and proliferative activity (S-phase, labeling index).
authors.affiliation: Division of Gynecological Oncology, Oncologic Institute of Bari, Italy.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gargano
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Catino
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Correale
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Lorusso
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Abbate
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Izzi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cramarossa
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Picciariello
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Paradiso
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: De Leonardis
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology*; D011379:Prognosis; D016019:Survival Analysis