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- Title
Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in Advanced Ovarian Cancer: A Single-Institution Experience and a Review of the Literature.
- Authors
Loizzi, Vera; Leone, Luca; Camporeale, Anna; Resta, Leonardo; Selvaggi, Luigi; Cicinelli, Ettore; Cormio, Gennaro
- Abstract
Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate the role of neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACT) in advanced ovarian carcinoma patients unable to undergo a complete resection during primary debulking surgery. Methods: From February 2005 to October 2015, all consecutive cases of advanced-stage epithelial ovarian carcinoma at the University of Bari were retrospectively recorded. Of them, patients treated with NACT were collected. Kaplan-Meier and Cox proportional hazards analyses were used to determine the predictors of survival. Results: Seventy-eight women with advanced-stage epithelial ovarian carcinoma were treated with NACT. On univariate analysis, age (p = 0.003), CA-125 serum level (0.001), response to NACT (p < 0.0001), stage of disease (p = 0.011) and optimal debulking surgery (p < 0.0001) were found to be important prognostic factors related to survival. However, on multivariate analysis, age, response to NACT, CA-125 serum level and optimal debulking surgery remained as independent poor prognostic factors for survival. The median overall and disease-free survival were 31 and 12 months, respectively. Conclusions: NACT does not compromise survival in patients with stage IIIC and IV ovarian cancer compared to patients treated with primary surgery. Prospective randomized trials comparing NACT to conventional treatment are needed to determine the quality of life and cost/benefit outcomes for women presenting advanced epithelial ovarian cancer.
- Subjects
COMBINED modality therapy; MULTIVARIATE analysis; OVARIAN tumors; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL analysis (Biometry); TUMOR markers; TREATMENT effectiveness; PROPORTIONAL hazards models; RETROSPECTIVE studies; KAPLAN-Meier estimator; CYTOREDUCTIVE surgery; PROGNOSIS
- Publication
Oncology, 2016, Vol 91, Issue 4, p211
- ISSN
0030-2414
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1159/000447743