Impact of abdominal wall metastases on prognosis in FIGO IV epithelial ovarian cancer
B Ataseven, A du Bois, P Harter, S Prader, C Grimm, C Kurzeder, S Schneider, S Heikaus, A Traut, F Heitz · Geburtshilfe und Frauenheilkunde · 2016 · Heft 10
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Objective: Epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) patients with the presence of abdominal wall metastasis (AWM) are categorized as stage FIGO IVB, irrespective of other biologic factors. We evaluated the impact of AWM on patients' overall survival (OS). Patients and methods: In this exploratory study 634 consecutive patients with advanced EOC treated in our center from 2000 – 2014 were included. Patients were categorized as: FIGO IIIC (n = 308), FIGO IVB-only-AWM (n = 86), and FIGO IV-others (metastases other than AWM, n = 240). Clinico-pathological parameters and survival data were extracted from our prospectively mai…