Management of borderline tumors of the ovary.
We retrospectively reviewed the cases of 51 patients with borderline ovarian tumors seen over a 9-year period. Half of these tumors were manifested by abdominal distention and pain; the remainder were found incidentally at the time of surgery planned for other reasons. Overall survival is excellent, but proper surgical staging reveals that approximately 15% of patients have metastasis beyond the ovaries, most commonly to the omentum, peritoneum, and retroperitoneal lymph nodes.
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Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, State University of New York, Stony Brook.
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D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D015996:Survival Rate