title: [Stage III and IV epithelial cancer of the ovary. Prognostic role of surgical tumor reduction].
abstract: We report the results of surgical excision prior to chemotherapy in 180 cases of advanced epithelial ovarian carcinoma. In this retrospective study, the mean survival rate at 5 years was 22 percent. It was 40 percent in patient with stage III carcinoma, divided into 60 percent for micronodular carcinomas (stages IIIa + b) and 30 percent for macronodular carcinomas (stage IIIc). However, in cases with optimal initial excision the overall survival rate was the same in patients with macronodular carcinoma as in those with micronodular carcinoma. This finding suggests that surgical excision itself has a favourable effect on the prognosis of this disease.
authors: Service de Chirurgie, Centre Jean Perrin, Clermont-Ferrand.
authors: G
authors: G
authors: Le Bouedec
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Ben Ahmed
authors: R
authors: R
authors: Plagne
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Dauplat
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016019:Survival Analysis
vernacular_title: Cancers épithéliaux de l'ovaire de stades III et IV. Rôle pronostique de la réduction tumorale chirurgicale.