Table 1 Summary of the clinical characteristics of patients involved in this study (N = 694; all female)
Clinical characteristics | Ovarian cancer | Cervical cancer | Endometrial cancer | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total no. patients | 135 | 258 | 301 | ||||
Age (years) | Median | 51 | 49 | 57 | |||
Range | 15–79 | 23–80 | 19–80 | ||||
FIGO stage (N; %) | I | 64 | (47.4) | 171 | (66.3) | 196 | (65.1) |
II | 11 | (8.2) | 76 | (29.5) | 27 | (9.0) | |
III-IV | 60 | (44.4) | 11 | (4.3) | 75 | (24.9) | |
Unknown | - | - | - | - | 3 | (1.0) | |
Surgical procedure (N; %) | Retroperitoneal | ||||||
Closing | 80 | (59.3) | 184 | (71.3) | 205 | (68.1) | |
Opening | 32 | (23.7) | 16 | (6.2) | 33 | (11.0) | |
- | 23 | (17.0) | 58 | (22.5) | 63 | (20.9) | |
Omentectomy | |||||||
+ | 87 | (64.4) | 0 | (0.0) | 25 | (8.3) | |
- | 48 | (35.6) | 258 | (100.0) | 276 | (91.7) | |
Enterectomy | |||||||
+ | 9 | (6.7) | 1 | (0.4) | 0 | (0.0) | |
- | 126 | (93.3) | 257 | (99.6) | 301 | (100.0) | |
Salpingo-oophorectomy | |||||||
Unilateral | 18 | (13.3) | 34 | (13.2) | 38 | (12.6) | |
Bilateral | 108 | (80.0) | 133 | (51.6) | 203 | (67.4) | |
- | 9 | (6.7) | 91 | (35.3) | 60 | (19.9) | |
Pelvic lymph node dissection | |||||||
+ | 133 | (98.5) | 252 | (97.7) | 295 | (98.0) | |
- | 2 | (1.5) | 6 | (2.3) | 6 | (2.0) | |
Para-aortic lymph node dissection | |||||||
+ | 71 | (52.6) | 28 | (10.9) | 66 | (21.9) | |
- | 64 | (47.4) | 230 | (89.1) | 235 | (78.1) | |
Hysterectomy | |||||||
Total | 93 | (68.9) | 6 | (2.3) | 112 | (37.2) | |
Modified radical | 31 | (23.0) | 18 | (7.0) | 150 | (49.8) | |
Radical | 3 | (2.2) | 230 | (89.1) | 39 | (13.0) | |
- | 8 | (5.9) | 4 | (1.6) | 0 | (0.0) | |
Chemotherapy (N; %) | Neo-adjuvant chemotherapy | ||||||
+ | 9 | (6.7) | 20 | (7.8) | 6 | (2.0) | |
- | 126 | (93.3) | 238 | (92.2) | 295 | (98.0) | |
Adjuvant chemotherapy | |||||||
+ | 111 | (82.2) | 62 | (24.0) | 119 | (39.5) | |
- | 24 | (17.8) | 196 | (76.0) | 182 | (60.5) | |
Radiotherapy (N; %) | Pre-operative radiation | ||||||
+ | 0 | (0.0) | 6 | (2.3) | 0 | (0.0) | |
- | 135 | (100.0) | 252 | (97.7) | 301 | (100.0) | |
Post-operative radiation | |||||||
+ | 1 | (0.7) | 107 | (41.5) | 29 | (9.6) | |
- | 134 | (99.3) | 151 | (58.5) | 272 | (90.4) | |