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The management of primary carcinoma of the fallopian tube. Experience of 40 cases
Author(s) -
Denham J. W.,
Maclennan K. A.
Publication year - 1984
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(19840101)53:1<166::aid-cncr2820530129>3.0.co;2-b
Subject(s) - medicine , ovarian cancer , fallopian tube cancer , stage (stratigraphy) , cancer , surgery , fallopian tube , disease , ovarian carcinoma , radiation therapy , carcinoma , gynecology , oncology , paleontology , biology
Forty patients with primary tubal cancer were treated at the Middlesex and Mount Vernon Hospitals between 1951 and 1981. Actuarial 5‐year survival was seen in 68% of 10 Stage I cases, 39% of 17 Stage II cases, and 21% of 11 Stage III cases, and this experience is consistent with other reported postwar series. The disease was found to exhibit some similarity to ovarian cancer in terms of its mode of spread and response to radiation and cytotoxic agents. Transcoelomic spread was identified as the major cause of treatment failure, and management proposals have been structured around its detection and treatment. Cancer 53:166‐172, 1984.