title: Gynecologic Cancer InterGroup (GCIG) consensus review for ovarian small cell cancers.
abstract: Small cell carcinomas of the ovary are uncommon and account for less than 1% of ovarian cancers. They were first recognized in 1979, and a number of reports appeared during the next 2 decades. They are highly aggressive tumors and usually carry a poor prognosis, although this may reflect that most are diagnosed at advanced stage; however, those diagnosed as stage 1A have only 30% to 40% of long-term survivors. More reports followed extending our experience in the diagnosis and management of these rare cancers. The classification is described below and shown in Table 1, but a revision is expected to be published from the World Health Organization in 2014.
authors.affiliation: *Beatson Oncology Centre, Glasgow, UK; †Institut Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France; ‡Karolinska Intitute, Stockholm, Sweden; §Samsung Medical Centre, Sung Kyun Kwan University Medical Centre, Seoul, South Korea; ¶University of Duisberg, Essen, Germany; ∥National Health and Medical Research Council, Clinical Trials Centre, New South Wales, Australia; #Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto, Canada; **Flinders Centre for Innovation in Cancer, South Australia, Australia; ††Centre hospitalier de l'Universite de Montreal, Montreal, Canada; and ‡‡Centre Leon Berard, Lyon, France.
authors.forename: Nicholas Simon
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authors.lastname: Reed
authors.forename: Patricia
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authors.lastname: Pautier
authors.forename: Elizabeth
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authors.lastname: Åvall-Lundqvist
authors.forename: Chel-Hun
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authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Andreas
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authors.lastname: du Bois
authors.forename: Michael
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authors.lastname: Friedlander
authors.forename: Anthony
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authors.lastname: Fyles
authors.forename: Ganessan
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authors.lastname: Kichenadasse
authors.forename: Diane M
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authors.lastname: Provencher
authors.forename: Isabelle
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authors.lastname: Ray-Coquard
mesh_terms: D018288:Carcinoma, Small Cell / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008495:Medical Oncology; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D012955:Societies, Medical