MITO 12 – pathway to diagnosis of ovarian cancer an observational retrospective multicentered study subgroup of the German data – Charité/Vivantes Netzwerk Berlin

Objectives: Ovarian cancer (OC) is usually diagnosed in an advanced stage. Currently, there are no screening or early detection methods. OC symptoms are not well described. The aim of this study was to describe patient symptoms along pathway to OC diagnosis within 12 months previous of the diagnosis. Methods: An intergroup (MITO, MaNGO, NOGGO, BGOG) study with 700 patients was undertaken in Italy, Germany and Belgium. 77 women with OC at four hospitals in Berlin were asked to complete a standardized questionnaire describing severity, frequency and duration of 23 symptoms (Table 1). Fig. 1: Frequency of symptoms…