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Table 1 Demographic information by initial chemotherapy regimen with regard to age, stage, debulking surgery, and radiation

From: Comparison of first-line chemotherapy regimens for ovarian carcinosarcoma: a single institution case series and review of the literature

Demographic

All

No chemo

Carboplatin/

Paclitaxel

Ifosfamide/

Paclitaxel

Other

Platinum

p-value

Total N

31

3 (10%)

15 (48%)

7 (23%)

6 (19%)

 

Mean age at diagnosis

(yrs ± St dev.)

65.39 ± 11.3

70.67 ± 7.6

68.33 ± 11.3

59.29 ± 4.4

62.50 ± 16.1

0.257

STAGE

 Stage IC-II

7 (22.6%)

0 (0%)

4 (26.7%)

2 (28.6%)

1 (16.7%)

0.736

 Stage III

21 (67.7%)

3 (100%)

9 (60%)

4 (57.1%)

5 (83.3%)

 

 Stage IV

3 (9.7%)

0 (0%)

2 (13.3%)

1 (12.3%)

0 (0%)

 

DEBULKING STATUS

 Debulking Surgery

29 (93.5%)

3 (100%)

14 (93.3%)

6 (85.7%)

6 (100%)

0.562

  Optimal debulking

19 (61.3%)

1 (33.3%)

10 66.7%)

4 (57.1%)

4 (66.6%)

 

  Suboptimal debulking

9 (29.0%)

2 (66.7%)

4 (26.6%)

2 (28.6%)

1 (16.7%)

 

  Unknown Status

1 (3.2%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

1 (16.7%)

 

 No Surgery Attempted

2 (6.5%)

0 (0%)

1 (6.7%)

1 (14.3%)

0 (0%)

 

 Radiation

1

0

0

0

1

NA