ABSTRACT
Objective:To investigate the plasma D-dimer levels in patients with ovarian cancer, and the relationship between plasma D-dimer and clinical pathologic characteristics of disease.Methods:A total of 268 patients with ovarian tumor who were diagnosed and treated by Zhejiang Cancer Hospital from January 2017 to August 2018 were retrospectively analyzed. Plasma D-dimer levels were measued by immunoturbidimetric assay in 176 ovarian cancer patients and 92 benign ovarian tumor patients. Univariate and multivariate logistic regression were used to analyze the relationship between plasma D-dimer and clinicopathological factors of ovarian cancer.Results:The plasma D-dimer level in patients with ovarian cancer was significantly higher than that in patients with benign ovarian tumor ( P<0.001); univariate analysis and multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that plasma D-dimer was closely related to International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) stage of ovarian cancer patients ( P<0.001); the plasma D-dimer level of ovarian cancer patients after treatment was significantly decreased ( P<0.001). Conclusions:Patients with ovarian cancer has coagulation disorders before treatment. The level of plasma D-dimer reflects the malignant degree of ovarian cancer and is closely related to the stage and progress of ovarian cancer. The level of D-dimer has important value in serological diagnosis and clinical application of ovarian cancer.