title: Borderline ovarian tumors: a study of 100 cases from a Tertiary Care Hospital.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of the study was to evaluate patients with borderline ovarian tumors.
  
  
  METHODS
  Clinical features, treatment and survival status of 100 patients with borderline ovarian tumors were retrospectively evaluated between 1998 and 2007.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Patients' mean age was 37.75 years (range: 15-72); 22 of them were postmenopausal. Histopathological diagnoses were serous, mucinous, endometrioid and clear cell in 54%, 41%, 2% and 3% of the patients, respectively; 70 patients had stage IA disease, 8 were at stage IB, 16 at stage IC, 2 at stage IIIA, 3 at stage IIIB and 1 at stage IIIC. Restaging laparotomies were performed on 19 patients; fertility-sparing surgery was performed on 52 patients; 2 patients received chemotherapy because of advanced-stage disease. All patients are currently alive. The 5-year disease-free survival rate for 71 cases was 100%.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Borderline ovarian tumors have excellent prognoses, and fertility-conserving surgery can be performed in young patients with early-stage disease.
authors.affiliation: Ministry of Health, Aegean Maternity and Teaching Hospital, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Izmir, Turkey ; Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Çanakkale, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ahmet
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Uysal
authors.affiliation: Ministry of Health, Aegean Maternity and Teaching Hospital, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Izmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Semih
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mun
authors.affiliation: Ministry of Health, Aegean Maternity and Teaching Hospital, Department of Radiology, Izmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Fatma
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Uysal
authors.affiliation: Ministry of Health, Aegean Maternity and Teaching Hospital, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Izmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Murat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Oztekin
authors.affiliation: Ministry of Health, Aegean Maternity and Teaching Hospital, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Izmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Cem
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Büyüktosun
authors.affiliation: Ministry of Health, Aegean Maternity and Teaching Hospital, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Izmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Salim
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sehirali
authors.affiliation: Ministry of Health, Aegean Maternity and Teaching Hospital, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Izmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Omer
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Başoğul
authors.affiliation: Ministry of Health, Aegean Maternity and Teaching Hospital, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Izmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Cüneyt E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Taner
keywords: borderline ovarian tumors; fertility-sparing surgery; survival