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Table 2 Characteristics of patients, disease, and treatment

From: Comparison of adjuvant and neoadjuvant chemotherapy in the management of advanced ovarian cancer: a retrospective study of 574 patients

Feature

Neoadjuvant chemotherapy

Adjuvant chemotherapy

Total

Number of patients

213

361

574

Stage:

   

III

165

305

470

IV

48

56

104

Age by years:

   

<65

123

236

359

>65

90

125

215

Morphology:

   

Serous

84

135

219

Mucinous

48

67

115

Endometrioid

49

118

167

Other types (clear cell, undifferentiated and mixed)

32

41

73

Cytoreductive surgery:

   

Optimal

134

242

376

Suboptimal

79

119

198

Number of chemotherapy cycles

   

6 cycles

109

244

353

8 cycles

104

117

221