Primary fallopian tube carcinoma: a retrospective multicenter study.
OBJECTIVE
This retrospective multicenter study aimed to assess the survival and prognostic factors of primary fallopian tube carcinoma.


METHODS
The medical records of 29 patients with fallopian tube carcinoma from two centers were reviewed for age, stage, surgical intervention, relapse and survival.


RESULTS
The mean age of the patients was 56 years (range, 37-76). Six patients were in Stage I (20.7%), eight cases in Stage II (27.6%), nine cases in Stage III (31%) and two cases in Stage IV (6.9%). Data on stage was not available in four cases (13.8). Fifteen patients underwent lymph node evaluation. The median follow-up was 29 months (range, 3-122). The median survival was 95 months with a 5-year survival rate of 69.7%. The median progression-free survival was 76 months with a 5-year survival rate of 51.8%.


CONCLUSIONS
Age, stage and lymphadenectomy were found to be significant prognostic factors on overall survival.
Tulunay
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Department of Gynecologic Oncology, SSK Ankara Maternity and Women's Health Teaching Hospital, Ankara (Turkey).
Arvas
M
M
Demir
B
B
Demirkiran
F
F
Boran
N
N
Bese
T
T
Ozgul
N
N
Kose
M F
MF
Kosebay
D
D
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005185:Fallopian Tube Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008499:Medical Records; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016019:Survival Analysis; D014421:Turkey / Q000453:epidemiology