title: Epithelial tumors of the ovary in women less than 40 years old.
abstract: From Jan 1, 1978 through Dec 31, 1983, 64 patients with epithelial ovarian tumors, frankly malignant or borderline, were managed at one institution. Nineteen patients (29.7%) were under age 40. The youngest patient was 19 years old. Nulliparity was present in 32% of this group of patients. Of these young patients, 58% had borderline epithelial tumors, compared to 13% of patients over 40 years of age. Twenty-one percent of the young patients were initially managed by unilateral adnexal surgery. The overall cumulative actuarial survival rate of all young patients was 93%. Young patients with epithelial ovarian tumors tend to have earlier grades of epithelial neoplasms, and survival is better than that reported for older patients with similar tumors.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Naval Hosptial, Portsmouth, Va.
authors.forename: D G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Gallup
authors.forename: W M
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Cody
authors.forename: W P
authors.initials: WP
authors.lastname: Metheny
authors.forename: O E
authors.initials: OE
authors.lastname: Talledo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D012086:Reoperation