Prognostic Factors In Epithelial Ovarian Carcinoma: A Reference Institution Experience

Aim: To evaluate epidemiologic and prognostic factors o f the patients with epithelial ovarian cancer retrospectively and to investigate the factors that effect overall survival. Material and methods: Between January 1990 and December 2004, 149 patients with malign epithelial ovarian tumor were included to this study. Age, parity, primary complaint and postoperative histopathology, surgical stage and maximal diameter o f residual tumor o f the patients were obtained andfactors that effect overall survival were evaluated. Results: Mean age o f the patients was 52.8 ± 13 years. Most o f the patients were multipar (85.9%) and most fruquent (n: 88) (59.1%) complaint was abdominal swelling. Postoperative surgical stages were stage I in 24 (16.1%), stage II in ll (7.4%), stage III in 87 (58.4%) and stage IV in 27 (18.1%) patients. Maximal diameter o f residual tumor was 1 cm in 57patients (38.3%) while there was no residual tumor in 24 patients (16.1%). Histopathologic cell types distributed as: serous (53.6%), endometrioid (16.7%), musinous (10.7%), clear cell (10.7%), others (7.8%). The patinets 65 years old (p>0.05). The mean overall survival o f the patients with maximal residual tumor size 1cm and no residual tumor were obtained to be 54.8 months, 22.7 months and 43.5 months respectively (p