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Cancer of the ovary
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
international journal of gynecology and obstetrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.895
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1879-3479
pISSN - 0020-7292
DOI - 10.1016/0020-7292(91)90674-t
Subject(s) - medicine , stage (stratigraphy) , ovarian cancer , ovary , chemotherapy , cancer , disease , oncology , epithelial ovarian cancer , surgery , gynecology , paleontology , biology
Surgery followed by appropriate postoperative chemotherapy is the most significant component of treatment of ovarian malignancies. Five‐year actuarial (no evidence of disease) survival rates reported in the literature for ovarian epithelial cancer vary: stage I, 60–90%; stage II, 39–67%; stage III, 4–13%; and stage IV, 0–4% (1, 18–20). Although more aggressive investigation of adnexal masses, thorough surgical exploration, complete tumor resection, and combination chemotherapy may improve these results, the ability to diagnose ovarian cancer at an earlier stage is required if dramatic improvement in survival is to be seen.