ABSTRACT
The characteristics of 73 patients with all stages of epithelial ovarian cancer were retrospectively analysed with emphasis on prognostic factors and survival. The patients underwent total hysterectomy, bilateral oophorectomy and infracolic omentectomy. Efforts were made to reduce the tumor burden as much as possible without endangering the general health status of the patient. Postoperative treatment was cisplatin 60 mg/m2 body surface and cyclophosphamide 50 mg/m2 every four weeks (CP). Patients with low general health status were offered either treosulphane 1 g daily for four weeks alternating with four weeks without treatment, or no treatment. Patients in FIGO stage IA and B generally received no postoperative chemotherapy treatment. Fifteen percent were in FIGO stage I, 7% in stage II, 5% in stage III and 23% in stage IV. Fifteen patients could be radically operated, however, only three patients who were in stage III. Fifty-four patients were treated with CP, 11 with treosulphane and eight patients did not receive postoperative treatment. In 28 patients second look laparotomy was performed. Only six patients had a complete pathological response, two of these in stage III. Stage and tumour grade could be identified as prognostic factors. Three-year survival was 70% in stage I, 67% in stage II, 28% in stage III and 0% in stage IV. Survival in 43 patients in stage III and IV was statistically compared to 265 patients from a prospective, randomized study by the Danish Ovarian Cancer Group (DACOVA), comparing cyclophosamide and cisplatin with and without doxorubicin. We found no statistical difference in survival between patients in our material and the DACOVA-material except in patients with low grade tumours whose survival in the CAP-arm of the DACOVA-study was superior. The rate of complete pathological response was significantly better in the DACOVA-study.
