title: [A retrospective study of advanced ovarian cancer in our ward].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the efficacy of primary treatment for ovarian cancer from overall survival and progression-free survival.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 28 patients with epithelial ovarian cancer in stages III and IV who were primarily treated in our ward from 1993 were examined retrospectively. The Kaplan-Meier method and Harrington-Fleming test were carried out for the cumulative survival rate and analysis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There were significant differences in the progression-free survival rate depending on whether or not optimal debulking was possible through primary treatment (p = 0.0128) and whether the histological diagnosis was serous adenocarcinoma (p = 0.038). In the serous adenocarcinoma group, the periods of both overall survival and progression-free survival were longer in treatment with taxanes and platinum than by other regimens, but in the endometrioid adenocarcinoma group, the period of progression-free survival was very short.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Optimal debulking through primary treatment is critical in advanced ovarian cancer. Therapy with taxanes and platinum is efficacious for serous adenocarcinoma. The chemo-sensitivity of endometrioid adenocarcinoma is high, but the chemotherapeutic effect is only temporary.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Takamatsu Red Cross Hospital.
authors.forename: Tsukasa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Baba
authors.forename: Yukiko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Utsunomiya
authors.forename: Akiko
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tamai
authors.forename: Mari
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ueda
authors.forename: Masaki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Goto
authors.forename: Takafumi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nonogaki
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016190:Carboplatin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D018284:Cystadenocarcinoma, Serous / Q000188:drug therapy; D018572:Disease-Free Survival; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009375:Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial / Q000188:drug therapy; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000401:mortality* / Q000601:surgery; D010052:Ovariectomy; D017239:Paclitaxel / Q000008:administration & dosage; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D015996:Survival Rate
chemical_list: D016190:Carboplatin; D017239:Paclitaxel