title: Primary adjuvant whole abdominal irradiation in ovarian carcinoma.
abstract: Eighty-four patients with an ovarian carcinoma Stage I-III received an adjuvant whole abdominal irradiation (WAI) with pelvic boost postoperatively. Surgery included a bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy, hysterectomy, and omentectomy in 59% of the patients; in 41% surgery was less radical. For the whole abdominal irradiation we used the moving-strip method on 43 patients. The open-field technique was used on the other patients. Median dose of WAI was 22.5 Gy and median pelvic dose was 45.5 Gy. After a median follow-up of 68.5 months, a 5-year survival rate of 64 +/- 5.7% was determined, as well as a 5-year NED rate of 61.2 +/- 5.7%. Five-year survival rate was 80.1 +/- 7.4% in Stage I, 64.1 +/- 9.7% in Stage II, and 35.4 +/- 11.6% in Stage III. Five-year survival depended on tumor rest significantly. There was a trend to better prognosis when surgery was complete and grade was G1 or G2. The risk factor according to Dembo proved to be the most reliable prognostic factor: the 5-year survival rates were 75.0 +/- 6.3% for patients with intermediate risk and 20.1 +/- 10.4% for those with high risk (p = 0.001). Side effects were generally well tolerated. We only saw one serious complication, a radiation-induced small bowel obstruction.
authors: Institut für Strahlentherapie und Radiologische Onkologie, Klinikum Ingolstadt, West Germany.
authors: H
authors: H
authors: Lindner
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authors: Willich
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authors: Atzinger
mesh_terms: D000005:Abdomen; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005187:Fallopian Tubes / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy; D008875:Middle Aged; D009852:Omentum / Q000601:surgery; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000601:surgery; D010052:Ovariectomy; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D015996:Survival Rate