Fertility preservation in patients with early epithelial ovarian cancer / 부인종양
Journal of Gynecologic Oncology
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: 44-47, 2009.
Article
in English
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-211108
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To assess the role of fertility preservation in the treatment of patients with early epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC).METHODS:
We retrospectively analyzed the medical records of 21 patients with early EOC from January 1995 to December 2006. All eligible patients with a strong desire to preserve fertility were younger than 35 years and underwent fertility-sparing surgery with or without adjuvant chemotherapy.RESULTS:
Twenty-one eligible patients with a median age of 26.7 years (range, 20 to 33 years) were identified, and the mean follow-up period was 43 months (range, 5 to 86 months). Only one patient with stage IC recurred 34 months after the first operation. A total of five patients were able to become pregnant at least once after the first fertility preserving treatment, with or without adjuvant chemotherapy. All five patients succeeded in full-term vaginal delivery with healthy infants. No patients died of their disease.CONCLUSION:
Fertility preserving treatment in patients with early EOC can be considered as a proper treatment strategy in patients with early EOC, who have the strong desire for fertility preservation.
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Main subject:
Ovarian Neoplasms
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Medical Records
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Retrospective Studies
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Follow-Up Studies
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Chemotherapy, Adjuvant
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Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial
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Fertility
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Fertility Preservation
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Humans
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Infant
Language:
English
Journal:
Journal of Gynecologic Oncology
Year:
2009
Type:
Article
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