Ovarian cancer in younger vs older women : a population-based analysis

To compare the clinico-pathologic prognostic factors and survival of younger vs older women diagnosed with epithelial ovarian cancer. Demographic, clinico-pathologic, treatment, and surgery information were obtained from patients with ovarian cancer from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Resul...

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Veröffentlicht in:British journal of cancer 2006-11, Vol.95 (10), p.1314-1320
Hauptverfasser: CHAN, J. K, URBAN, R, CHEUNG, M. K, OSANN, K, HUSAIN, A, TENG, N. N, KAPP, D. S, BEREK, J. S, LEISEROWITZ, G. S
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Zusammenfassung:To compare the clinico-pathologic prognostic factors and survival of younger vs older women diagnosed with epithelial ovarian cancer. Demographic, clinico-pathologic, treatment, and surgery information were obtained from patients with ovarian cancer from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program from 1988 to 2001 and analysed using Kaplan-Meier estimates. Of 28 165 patients, 400 were 60 (older) years of age. Of the very young, young, and older patients, 261 (65.3%), 4664 (40.2%), and 3643 (22.5%) had stage I-II disease, respectively (P
ISSN:0007-0920
1532-1827
DOI:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603457