title: Characterization and survival of patients with serous cystadenocarcinoma of the ovaries.
abstract: Factors affecting survival of 241 patients with ovarian serous carcinoma diagnosed and/or treated at New York University Medical Center from 1960 through 1980 are analyzed. Characteristics independently correlated with a favorable prognosis include low tumor stage and grade, presenting sign of a mass, and omentectomy. Patients under 50 years of age have a lower mortality rate (corrected for stage and grade) than older women. The presenting complaints of patients with a poor survival include nausea and/or vomiting, anorexia, and abdominal swelling. For patients with stage I disease neither bilaterality (stage Ib versus Ia) nor transcapsular extension of tumor adversely affected prognosis. However, patients with stage I disease with ascites appear to have a survival experience similar to patients with stage III disease.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003536:Cystadenocarcinoma / Q000401:mortality* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009852:Omentum / Q000601:surgery; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D010298:Parity; D011379:Prognosis; D044469:Racial Groups; D012067:Religion; D013997:Time Factors