title: Clinical management of borderline tumours of the ovary - experience from the "Berlin online tumour conference for gynaecological malignancies".
abstract: Borderline ovarian tumour (BOT) represents a rare and special tumour entity. Despite a generally favourable prognosis for patients with BOT, the presence of invasive peritoneal implants decreases the survival rate to 30-50%. In contrast to ovarian cancer, only few data exist concerning the current clinical management of patients with BOT. For this reason, the present analyses were performed for patients with BOT who were admitted into our online tumor conference for patients with gynaecological malignancies. Based on the results discussed in this article, the current aspects and problems regarding the diagnostic, surgical and conservative treatment and aftercare management of patients with BOT are considered.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gynecology, Campus Virchow, Charité University Hospital, Augustenburger Platz 1, Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: Jalid
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sehouli
authors.forename: Guelten
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Oskay-Oezcelik
authors.forename: Klaus
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Pietzner
authors.forename: Frank
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Alexandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Coumbos
authors.forename: Silvia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Darb-Esfahani
authors.forename: Beatrix
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Schuback
authors.forename: Georg
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Heinrich
authors.forename: Christel
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kronenberger
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lorsbach
authors.forename: Werner
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Lichtenegger
authors.forename: Radoslav
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Chekerov
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001604:Berlin; D005260:Female; D005833:Genital Neoplasms, Female / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D006176:Gynecology / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010053:Ovary / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology*; D011379:Prognosis; D016896:Treatment Outcome