Prognostic significance of primary and interval cytoreductive surgery in late-stage ovarian cancer. A retrospective study

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Background. Modern methods of treatment of late-stage ovarian cancer (III–IV) are based on the immediate and maximum surgical removal of all manifestations of the tumor process. However, in some cases, surgical treatment has to be performed after neoadjuvant chemotherapy. Differences in the effectiveness of treatment with both approaches are the subject of discussion in oncogynecology.

Aim. Analysis of overall survival and progression-free survival in patients with late-stage ovarian cancer (IIIC–IVB) depending on the timing and optimality of cytoreductive surgery.

Materials and methods. A retrospective analysis of 467 patients with stage III–IV ovarian cancer who received comprehensive treatment at the Primorsky Regional Oncological Dispensary in the period 2004–2021.

Results. Significant advantages in overall survival and progression-free survival were in patients with ovarian cancer of stages IIIC–IVB, who underwent primary cytoreduction (PCR), compared with patients who underwent interval cytoreduction. With suboptimal PCR volume, the overall survival rate is significantly lower than with full or optimal PCR. There is a tendency to better OS and IBD in patients with PCR in full and optimal volume, compared with patients who underwent PCR in full or optimal volume. Neoadjuvant chemotherapy in patients with serous ovarian carcinoma of low-grade IIIC–IVB stages significantly worsens immediate and long-term treatment results.

Conclusion. In patients with advanced ovarian cancer, performing primary cytoreduction in full or optimal volume is the main treatment. Neoadjuvant chemotherapy is justified only as a therapy of despair in severe general condition or extreme prevalence of the disease.

About the authors

Varvara N. Zhurman

Primorsky Regional Oncological Dispensary; Pacific State Medical University

Author for correspondence.
Email: varvara2007@yandex.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-6927-3336

Cand. Sci. (Med.), Oncologist

Russian Federation, Vladivostok; Vladivostok

Valentina M. Nechushkina

Scientific and Educational Center “Eurasian Oncological Program EAFO”; Privolzhsky Research Medical University

Email: varvara2007@yandex.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-1855-9692
SPIN-code: 8523-6798

D. Sci. (Med.), Chief Res.; Prof.

Russian Federation, Moscow; Nizhny Novgorod

Anna V. Maslennikova

Privolzhsky Research Medical University

Email: varvara2007@yandex.ru

D. Sci. (Med.), Head of Department

Russian Federation, Nizhny Novgorod

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2. Fig. 1. Survival of patients with OC stages IIIC–IVB depending on the cytoreduction period.

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3. Fig. 2. Survival rates of stage IIIC–IVB OC patients with high-grade serous carcinoma depending on the cytoreduction period.

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4. Fig. 3. Survival of patients with stage IIIC–IVB OC depending on the timing and optimality of cytoreduction.

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5. Fig. 4. Survival rate of patients with OC stages IIIC–IVB of high-risk group.

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