Open AccessPREOPERATIVE IRRADIATION IN STAGE III CARCINOMA OF THE OVARY
Author(s) -
Kjørstad K. E.,
Welander C.,
Kolstad P.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
acta obstetricia et gynecologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.401
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1600-0412
pISSN - 0001-6349
DOI - 10.3109/00016347709155009
Subject(s) - norwegian , radium , medicine , university hospital , gynecology , library science , family medicine , physics , philosophy , linguistics , computer science , nuclear physics
A series of 456 patients with malignant epithelial tumours of the ovary clinical stage III is presented. Of these, 96 were initially inoperable, and 49 had a clinical diagnosis of inoperable disease at the first examination. After 3000 rads external highvoltage irradiation it was found possible to remove the primary tumour, the uterus and the omentum in 36 (38%) of the previously inoperable patients. Of the 49 patients who had only a clinical diagnosis of inoperability, only four were inoperable at laparotomy performed three weeks after completion of 3000 rads external radiotherapy. The five year survival rate for the whole series was 16%.