title: Primary carcinoma of the fallopian tube. A retrospective study of patients reported to the Danish Cancer Registry in a five-year period.
abstract: Fifty-two patients with carcinoma of the fallopian tube diagnosed and treated during a 5-year period in Denmark were reviewed. The median age of the patients was 60 years. No patients had a preoperative diagnosis. History and clinical findings were similar to previously reported series. Treatment consisted of hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy, often succeeded by postoperative whole pelvic irradiation. Five-year survival was 37.4%, depending on stage. In stage I+II the survival rates were similar regardless of whether postoperative radiation therapy had been given or not. Little is known about the patterns of spread. The relatively bad prognosis for stages I and II after radical surgery indicates early undetected metastases and the need for more aggressive adjunctive therapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Fredericia Sygehus, Denmark.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pfeiffer
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mogensen
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Amtrup
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Honore
mesh_terms: D000206:Actuarial Analysis; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003718:Denmark; D005185:Fallopian Tube Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D012042:Registries; D012189:Retrospective Studies