Complications from intraperitoneal radioactive phosphorus in ovarian malignancies.
A retrospective study of the use of phosphorus-32 in the treatment of 73 cases of ovarian malignancy to evaluate the safety and morbidity is presented. The surgically confirmed major complication rate with P-32 alone was 4 of 54 cases (7.4%). The addition of external radiation raised the surgically confirmed complication rate to 4 of 19 cases (21%) and with the addition of those diagnosed and treated only medically the rate rose to 8 of 19 cases (42%). In Stage I cases, Grades 1 and 2, there was only 1 death in 26 patients (96%), whereas for Grade 3 tumors only 6 of 12 patients (50%) were living at the end of 2 years.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D010761:Phosphorus Radioisotopes / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013997:Time Factors
D010761:Phosphorus Radioisotopes