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Quantitation of Intra-peritoneal Ovarian Cancer Metastasis
Published on: July 18, 2016
Poorer survival of elderly patients with ovarian cancer: a population-based study
P Petignat1, G Fioretta, H M Verkooijen
1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Gynecologic Oncology and Senology, Geneva University Hospitals, 30 Boulevard de la Cluse, 1211 Geneva 14, Switzerland.
Objective:
To compare ovarian cancer survival in elderly and young patients.
Material And Methods:
Using the Geneva Cancer Registry, we identify women diagnosed with primary ovarian cancer between 1980 and 1998. We compared tumors characteristics, treatment patterns of young patients (
Results:
This study included 285 patient aged 70 years and 451
Conclusion:
Age strongly decreases ovarian cancer mortality. This over mortality is only partly explained by later diagnosis and suboptimal treatment.
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