title: Long-term follow-up of patients with epithelial carcinoma of the ovary.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine the long-term outcomes of patients with epithelial ovarian cancer.
  
  
  METHODS
  A group of 298 patients with epithelial ovarian cancer were treated with combination chemotherapy between July 1979 and January 1986 at the Tokai Ovarian Tumor Study Group. Long-term results of these patients were analyzed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Five-year survival and 10-year survival rates of all the patients were 53% and 47%, respectively. Five-year survival and 10-year survival rates for stage I were 89% and 79%, 59% and 56% for stage II, 27% and 22% for stage III, and 9% and 9% for stage IV, respectively. Survival of mucinous and endometrioid cell types were decreased after 5 or more years. In stages II-IV, cisplatin-based chemotherapy produced better results than mitomycin-C, 5-Fu, cytarabine (MFC) therapy.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Long-term results of epithelial ovarian cancer were not favorable even in mucinous and endometrioid cell types. For long-term results, cisplatin-based chemotherapy was effective in advanced ovarian cancer. Long-term follow-up of ovarian cancer is important and necessary.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Nagoya University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kawai
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Kikkawa
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hattori
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ohta
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Arii
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tomoda
mesh_terms: D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000401:mortality*; D002945:Cisplatin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D003520:Cyclophosphamide / Q000008:administration & dosage; D003561:Cytarabine / Q000008:administration & dosage; D004317:Doxorubicin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D005260:Female; D005472:Fluorouracil / Q000008:administration & dosage; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D016685:Mitomycin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000401:mortality*; D016019:Survival Analysis; D015996:Survival Rate; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D003561:Cytarabine; D016685:Mitomycin; D004317:Doxorubicin; D003520:Cyclophosphamide; D002945:Cisplatin; D005472:Fluorouracil