Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To identify characteristics associated with long-term survival for patients with epithelial ovarian cancer using the California Cancer Registry. METHODS: A descriptive analysis of survival of all California residents diagnosed with epithelial ovarian cancer between 1994 and 2001 was conducted using patients identified through the cancer registry with follow-up through 2011. Characteristics of the patients who survived more than 10 years (long-term survivors) were compared with three other cohorts: patients who survived less than 2 years, those who survived at least 2 but no more than 5 years, and those who survived at least 5 but no more than 10 years. RESULTS: A total of 3,582 out of 11,541 (31%, confidence interval 30.2-31.8%) of the patients survived more than 10 years. Younger age, early stage, low-grade, and nonserous histology were significant predictors of long-term survival, but long-term survivors also included women with high-risk cancer. CONCLUSION: Long-term survival is not unusual in patients with epithelial ovarian cancer, even in those with high-risk disease. Many of the prognostic factors are well known, but it remains to be determined why some patients with advanced-stage high-grade cancers survive longer than others with the same histology. These findings are important for patient counseling.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 491-497 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Obstetrics and Gynecology |
| Volume | 126 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Sep 20 2015 |
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Characteristics of long-term survivors of epithelial ovarian cancer. / Cress, Rosemary D; Chen, Yingjia S.; Morris, Cyllene R.; Petersen, Megan; Leiserowitz, Gary S.
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T1 - Characteristics of long-term survivors of epithelial ovarian cancer
AU - Cress, Rosemary D
AU - Chen, Yingjia S.
AU - Morris, Cyllene R.
AU - Petersen, Megan
AU - Leiserowitz, Gary S
PY - 2015/9/20
Y1 - 2015/9/20
N2 - OBJECTIVE: To identify characteristics associated with long-term survival for patients with epithelial ovarian cancer using the California Cancer Registry. METHODS: A descriptive analysis of survival of all California residents diagnosed with epithelial ovarian cancer between 1994 and 2001 was conducted using patients identified through the cancer registry with follow-up through 2011. Characteristics of the patients who survived more than 10 years (long-term survivors) were compared with three other cohorts: patients who survived less than 2 years, those who survived at least 2 but no more than 5 years, and those who survived at least 5 but no more than 10 years. RESULTS: A total of 3,582 out of 11,541 (31%, confidence interval 30.2-31.8%) of the patients survived more than 10 years. Younger age, early stage, low-grade, and nonserous histology were significant predictors of long-term survival, but long-term survivors also included women with high-risk cancer. CONCLUSION: Long-term survival is not unusual in patients with epithelial ovarian cancer, even in those with high-risk disease. Many of the prognostic factors are well known, but it remains to be determined why some patients with advanced-stage high-grade cancers survive longer than others with the same histology. These findings are important for patient counseling.
AB - OBJECTIVE: To identify characteristics associated with long-term survival for patients with epithelial ovarian cancer using the California Cancer Registry. METHODS: A descriptive analysis of survival of all California residents diagnosed with epithelial ovarian cancer between 1994 and 2001 was conducted using patients identified through the cancer registry with follow-up through 2011. Characteristics of the patients who survived more than 10 years (long-term survivors) were compared with three other cohorts: patients who survived less than 2 years, those who survived at least 2 but no more than 5 years, and those who survived at least 5 but no more than 10 years. RESULTS: A total of 3,582 out of 11,541 (31%, confidence interval 30.2-31.8%) of the patients survived more than 10 years. Younger age, early stage, low-grade, and nonserous histology were significant predictors of long-term survival, but long-term survivors also included women with high-risk cancer. CONCLUSION: Long-term survival is not unusual in patients with epithelial ovarian cancer, even in those with high-risk disease. Many of the prognostic factors are well known, but it remains to be determined why some patients with advanced-stage high-grade cancers survive longer than others with the same histology. These findings are important for patient counseling.
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