- Authors:
- Subtitle:
- survival seems similar in young women with adult ovarian granulosa cell tumor
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2014.02.037
- Abstract:
- OBJECTIVE: To describe the outcome of adult granulosa cell tumor (AGCT) with respect to initial clinical findings, methods of surgery, and perioperative treatment. STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective follow-up study. Setting: All hospitals in Jutland. Sample: 163 women diagnosed with AGCT. Methods: Follow-up by hospital data files, general practitioner, death certificate, and autopsy report. Revision of histopathology by a single pathologist. Main outcome measures: Survival and relapse by clinical data, stage, and type of surgery. RESULTS: The incidence of AGCT was 1.37 per year per 100,000 women (95% CI: 1.08, 1.68). The median follow-up time was 15 years and for the 79 surviving women 22 years. Stage I was found in 94% of cases. Relapse occurred in 24% of women in stage I and 100% of the other stages. Survival in stage I was 95%, 89% and 84% after 5, 10 and 20 years respectively. Increased survival of stage I in postmenopausal women was associated with surgery including hysterectomy and bilateral oophorectomy (p<0.001). In women younger than 40 years no difference in survival was found due to type of surgery. Endometrial carcinoma was found 138 times (95% CI: 48, 275) more prevalent than the expected rate. CONCLUSION: The survival of women was better in AGCT than in epithelial ovarian tumor. Age and type of surgery, besides stage, influenced survival. Total abdominal hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy is the recommended treatment with advancing age. At younger age less extensive surgery was associated with similar survival compared to extensive surgery, but with advancing age conservative surgery increased the risk of relapse and death.
- Type:
- Journal article
- Language:
- English
- Published in:
- European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, 2014, Vol 177, p. 61-66
- Keywords:
- Adolescent; Adult; Age Distribution; Age Factors; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Child; Child, Preschool; Denmark; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Granulosa Cell Tumor; Humans; Hysterectomy; Incidence; Infant; Infant, Newborn; Menopause; Middle Aged; Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; Neoplasm Staging; Ovarian Neoplasms; Ovariectomy; Retrospective Studies; Salpingectomy; Survival Rate; Young Adult
- Main Research Area:
- Medical science
- Publication Status:
- Published
- Review type:
- Peer Review
- Submission year:
- 2014
- Scientific Level:
- Scientific
- ID:
- 263059913
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