2009/01/01 by Sung Jong Lee, Jeong-Hoon Bae, A-Won Lee +4 · 1 citation
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Medicine · #Agriculture and Rural Development Research #Cancer #Carcinoma #Differential diagnosis #Geography #Incidence (geometry) #Internal medicine #Malignancy #Medicine #Metastasis #Metastasis and carcinoma case studies #Metastatic carcinoma #Neuroendocrine Tumor Research Advances #Oncology #Ovarian cancer #Ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatment #Ovarian carcinoma #Pathological #Pathology #Primary tumor
paper · open access · doi:10.3346/jkms.2009.24.1.114
published in Journal of Korean Medical Science 24(1), 39-50 (Korean Academy of Medical Sciences)
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Approximately 5-30% of the ovarian cancers are metastatic malignancies. The prevalence of metastatic ovarian tumors varies with the incidence rates and spread patterns of primary malignancies. We evaluated the prevalence, pre- and postoperative characteristics of metastatic ovarian cancer in Korean women. We reviewed the records for 821 ovarian malignancies with pathological consultation from 1996-2006 and recorded patient demographical, radiological, histopathological, and survival data. The study included 112 cases of histologically confirmed metastatic ovarian cancer. Metastatic ovarian cancer accounted for 13.6% of all ovarian malignancy, primarily arising from the gastrointestinal tract. The preoperative detection rate with imaging was 75%, and none of the radiological or serological features were useful for differential diagnosis. In multivariate analysis for prognostic variables, the only significant factor was the primary tumor site (p=0.004). Furthermore, extensive resection increased survival for some patients. The differential diagnosis of metastatic ovarian cancer can be problematic, so multiple diagnostic approaches are necessary. The extent of cytoreductive surgery for this type of tumor must be decided on a case-by-case basis.