title: [Comprehensive staging surgery in treatment of malignant ovarian germ cell tumor].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the impact of comprehensive staging surgery on relapse and survival of malignant ovarian germ cell tumor (MOGCT).
  
  
  METHODS
  The clinical data of 127 MOGCT cases treated in Peking Union Medical College Hospital from June 1980 to June 2003 were analyzed retrospectively. All the data about comprehensive staging surgery during primary surgery were collected, and other factors related to prognosis were also collected at the same time. COX model was applied in multivariate analysis related to relapse and survival.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Among 127 patients, 45 (35.4%) received comprehensive staging surgery. Seventy-one cases (55.9%) received satisfied cytoreduction with residual tumor < 2 cm, 11 cases (8.7%) with residual tumor > or = 2 cm, and another 45 cases (35.4%) were undetermined. Seventy-five cases (59.1%) received cisplatin, etoposide, and bleomycin (BEP) or cisplatin, vinblastine, and bleomycin (PVB) chemotherapy, 18 cases (14.2%) received vincristine, actinomycin D, cyclophosphamide (VAC) chemotherapy, and 34 cases (26.8%) received other regimens or no chemotherapy. During the follow up period, 7 of 45 patients relapsed in patients who received compressive staging surgery, while the latter was not a significant factor (P = 0.061). Chemotherapy regimen and residual tumor were the significant factors related to the relapse (P < 0.05). All the patients were followed up for 2-254 months. Chemotherapy regimen and residual tumor were also the significant factors related to survival (P < 0.05). Compressive staging surgery showed no significant effect on survival (P > 0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The critical treatment for MOGCT is satisfactory cytoreduction surgery plus standard chemotherapy. Comprehensive staging surgery shows no significant impact on the prognosis of MOGCT patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100730, China.
authors.forename: Ying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Jin
authors.forename: Ling-ya
authors.initials: LY
authors.lastname: Pan
authors.forename: Hui-fang
authors.initials: HF
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Keng
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shen
authors.forename: Ming
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Jia-xin
authors.initials: JX
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Jing-he
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Lang
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D004334:Drug Administration Schedule; D004407:Dysgerminoma / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D018237:Germinoma / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D011184:Postoperative Period; D011379:Prognosis