title: Tumor reduction surgery and long-term survival in advanced ovarian cancer: a DACOVA study.
abstract: Three hundred sixty-one patients with FIGO stage III and IV ovarian cancer were treated with cis-platinum combination chemotherapy in a Danish multicenter trial. Primary surgery was performed at 58 different departments; 32% of the patients were operated at a department associated with an oncologic center, 50% at a general gynecologic department, and 18% at a general surgical department. Complete pathologic response and long-term survival were similar for patients operated on in the different departments. Patients who underwent radical surgery or optimal debulking had a 10% risk of progression during chemotherapy and a 5-year survival of 46%. Patients who underwent suboptimal debulking and exploratory laparotomy had a 40% risk of progression during chemotherapy and a 5-year survival of 14%. Complete pathologic response showed an insignificant difference between radical surgery and optimally tumor reduction (57% versus 41%) and a significant difference between suboptimal tumor reduction and exploratory laparotomy (19% versus 6%). Patients secondarily tumor reduced had a survival rate superior to that of patients not secondarily tumor reduced (25% versus 4% at 4 years).
authors.affiliation: Odense University Hospital, Denmark.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bertelsen
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery; D002288:Adenocarcinoma, Mucinous / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery; D002293:Adenocarcinoma, Scirrhous / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D002945:Cisplatin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003520:Cyclophosphamide / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003718:Denmark; D004317:Doxorubicin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004715:Endometriosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D015337:Multicenter Studies as Topic; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000453:epidemiology*; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D010752:Phosphoramide Mustards / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012307:Risk Factors; D015996:Survival Rate
chemical_list: D010752:Phosphoramide Mustards; D004317:Doxorubicin; D003520:Cyclophosphamide; D002945:Cisplatin