THE CLINICOPATHOLOGICAL PROFILE IN PATIENTS WITH EPITHELIAL OVARIAN CARCINOMA
AbstractThe malignant tumors of ovary are a group of disease with varying clinical and biological behavior. It is fifth leading cause of death from cancer in women and the leading cause of death from gynecological cancer. This retrospective study has been undertaken to analyze patients of epithelial ovarian cancers. These cases were analyzed for various features like age, stage at presentation, histological type, and treatment pattern. Eighty seven patients with ovarian cancer registered at department of Radiotherapy -II, Pt. BDS PGIMS, Rohtak, Haryana from January 2010 to December 2011 have been evaluated in this retrospective study. Histopathological analysis showed 71(82%) cases of epithelial tumors, 5 cases (6%) of sex cord stromal tumor and 11 (13 %) of germ cell tumors. Among the individual tumors serous tumors were the commonest 51%, followed by 18% mucinous carcinoma and 20% undifferentiated carcinoma. The peak incidence was in 5th – 6th decades. Most of the patients were referred after surgery. Surgery performed was TAH & BSO in almost all patients. All patients were staged according to FIGO staging. Sixty five percent patients had stage III at presentation, 17% patients had Stage IV, 13% and 6% had stage II and I respectively
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868-72
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English
IJPSR
Paramjeet Kaur, Anil Khurana, Ashok Chauhan and Gajender Singh*
Department of Radiotherapy, Regional Cancer Centre and Pathology, Pt. B D Sharma, PGIMS, Rohtak, Haryana, India
drparamjitkaur@rediffmail.com
11 November, 2013
03 November, 2015
23 January, 2015
10.13040/IJPSR.0975-8232.7(2).868-72
01 February, 2016
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