title: Recurrent borderline ovarian tumours after conservative management in women wishing to retain their fertility.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the rate of recurrence after conservative treatment of Stage 1 borderline ovarian tumors.
  
  
  METHODS
  Retrospective case note review of all women with borderline ovarian tumours diagnosed at Aberdeen, U.K. and loannina, Greece between 1981-1993. Outcome measures comprised initial surgery, stage of disease, histological type, pregnancy rate, recurrence rate and disease-free interval.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Conservative surgery for borderline tumours in young women permitted high conception rates. Recurrence of tumour was high in this group, 71%, and presented late.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Prolonged intensive follow-up is required for women treated conservatively for borderline malignant ovarian tumours.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University Hospital of Ioannina, Greece.
authors.forename: D S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Papadimitriou
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Martin-Hirsch
authors.forename: H C
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Kitchener
authors.forename: D E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Lolis
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Dalkalitsis
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Paraskevaidis
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D005298:Fertility; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D011247:Pregnancy; D018873:Pregnancy Rate; D012189:Retrospective Studies