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Table 1 Patient and clinical characteristics (N = 169)

From: Germline BRCA, chemotherapy response scores, and survival in the neoadjuvant treatment of ovarian cancer

Characteristics

BRCA wild-type (N = 122)

BRCA mutation (N = 47)

P

Age, median (range), years

57 (32–77)

56 (27–76)

0.610

CA-125 level, median (range), U/mL

1958.7 (94.2.0–21,994.8)

1711.3 (75.0–23,919.0)

0.759

FIGO stage, n (%)

 III

56 (45.9%)

23 (48.9%)

0.734

 IV

66 (54.4%)

24 (51.1%)

 

Grading

 1

3 (2.5%)

0 (0%)

0.489

 2

11 (9.0%)

2 (4.5%)

 

 3

102 (83.6%)

42 (89.4%)

 

Not available

6 (4.9%)

3 (6.4%)

 

Tumor burden assessed by diagnostic laparoscopy*

 PIV 8

27 (22.1%)

3 (6.4%)

0.097

 PIV 10

25 (20.5%)

14 (29.8%)

 

 PIV 12

10 (8.2%)

4 (8.5%)

 

 PIV 14

5 (4.1%)

1 (2.1%)

 

 Not available

55 (45.1%)

25 (53.2%)

 

CRS, n (%)

 1–2

79 (64.8%)

31 (66.0%)

0.516

 3

43 (35.2%)

16 (34.0%)

 

Residual disease, n (%)

 No

62 (50.8%)

18 (38.3%)

0.344

 Any residual

58 (47.5%)

28 (59.6%)

 

 Not available

2 (1.6%)

1 (2.1%)

 

Radical surgery†, n (%)

   

 None

59 (48.4%)

19 (40.4%)

0.354

 Any radical surgery

63 (51.6%)

28 (59.6%)

 

Surgical complexity score groups‡

 1–2 (Low/intermediate)

102 (83.6%)

37 (78.7%)

0.457

 8 (High)

20 (16.4%)

10 (21.3%)

 

Chemotherapy regimen, n (%)

 Paclitaxel + carboplatin

91 (74.6%)

34 (72.3%)

0.576

 Docetaxel + carboplatin

8 (6.6%)

6 (12.8%)

 

 Weekly paclitaxel + carboplatin

15 (12.3%)

5 (10.6%)

 

 Paclitaxel + carboplatin + bevacizumab

8 (6.6%)

2 (4.3%)

 
  1. * According to Fagotti et al. [15]
  2. † Radical surgery includes any of following: bowel surgery, cholecystectomy, diaphragm peritonectomy/resection, distal pancreatectomy video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery, splenectomy, liver resection, supraclavicular fossa resection, ureter resection, and others
  3. ‡ According to Aletti et al. [19]
  4. CA-125, cancer antigen 125; FIGO, International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics; HGSC, high-grade serous carcinoma; PIV, predictive index value; CRS, chemotherapy response score