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Staging and prognosis in primary carcinoma of the fallopian tube
Author(s) -
Schiller Herbert M.,
Silverberg Steven G.
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(197108)28:2<389::aid-cncr2820280219>3.0.co;2-2
Subject(s) - medicine , fallopian tube , ovary , carcinoma , radiology , staging system , stage (stratigraphy) , surgery , pathology , cancer , paleontology , biology
The diagnosis of primary carcinoma of the fallopian tube is rarely made pre‐operatively, so that no system of clinical staging can be devised. Nevertheless, the anatomic extent of the tumor found at operation can provide useful prognostic information. A staging system utilizing clinicopathologic stages is presented, and 76 cases are analyzed by this method. More extensive tumors indicate poorer survival. Involvement of the tubal serosa, of ovary or corpus uteri, or of other pelvic and abdominal structures indicates the poorest prognosis. Bilaterality is associated with more advanced disease in this series, contrary to previous reports.