Advanced stage ovarian carcinomas

75 % of ovarian carcinomas have spread at the time of diagnosis
5-year survival: regional metastasis < 50 %, distant metastasis 20 %

Scope of these studies
  • Examine the DNA ploidy status in relation to
  • Hereditary versus sporadic tumors
  • Response to treatment
  • Comparative genomic hybridization findings

Materials
  • Retrospective study
  • Paraffin embedded tissue sections
  • 100 cases advanced stage ovarian carcinomas – mostly serous histological subtype
  • 78 cases FIGO stage III ovarian carcinomas – mostly serous histological subtypes
  • 130 cases advanced ovarian carcinomas

Methods

Results
The results are soon to be evaluated.
 
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