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Published on: July 18, 2016
The effect of symptom duration in epithelial ovarian cancer on prognostic factors
Joseph Menczer1, Angela Chetrit, Siegal Sadetzki
1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, E. Wolfson Medical Center, Holon, Israel. joseph12@internet-zahav.net
Purpose:
To assess the association between duration of symptoms and main prognostic factors of invasive epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC).
Methods:
The data of all histologically confirmed EOC patients diagnosed in Israel during the period 1994-1999 (n = 1,005) were retrieved from discharge summaries and admission records. Of the 371 (36.9%) patients with known presenting symptoms, the durations of 187 (50.4%) were recorded.
Results:
The most common presenting symptoms were abdominal pain (65.2%). The percentage of patients with three or more symptoms increased significantly with stage (P = 0.001). No statistically significant association between duration of symptoms and prognostic factors was found.
Conclusion:
Our findings did not show an association between duration of symptoms and prognostic factors in EOC patients and may indicate that prognosis is not a function of delay in diagnosis.
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