Long-term survival of young women receiving fertility-sparing surgery for ovarian cancer in comparison with those undergoing radical surgery

• Published in: British journal of cancer Vol. 105; no. 9; pp. 1288 - 1294
• Main Authors: Kajiyama, H, Shibata, K, Mizuno, M, Umezu, T, Suzuki, S, Nawa, A, Kawai, M, Nagasaka, T, Kikkawa, F
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 25.10.2011; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 692/699/67/1517/1709; 692/700/1750; 692/700/565/545; Adult; Biological and medical sciences; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Biomedicine; Cancer Research; Clinical Study; Disease-Free Survival; Drug Resistance; Epidemiology; Female; Female genital diseases; Fertility Preservation; Gynecologic Surgical Procedures - methods; Gynecology. Andrology. Obstetrics; Humans; Medical sciences; Molecular Medicine; Neoplasm Staging; Oncology; Ovarian Neoplasms - mortality; Ovarian Neoplasms - pathology; Ovarian Neoplasms - surgery; Prognosis; Retrospective Studies; Survival Rate; Tumors; overall survival; fertility-sparing surgery; epithelial ovarian cancer; disease-free survival; grade; Human; Ovary carcinoma; Ovary cancer; Malignant tumor; Long term; Female genital diseases; Ovarian diseases; Cancerology; Treatment; Fertility; Surgery; Young adult; Disease free survival; Comparative study; Cancer

Objectives: To compare the clinical outcome of patients with stage I epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) who received with fertility-sparing surgery (FSS) with those who underwent radical surgery (RS). Methods: After a central pathological review and search of the medical records from multiple instituti...