Profile of patients with ovarian cancer in the Hospital de San José, Bogota, 2009-2013

Características de las pacientes con cáncer de ovario en el Hospital de San José, Bogotá D.C., 2009-2013

Ovarian cancer has high prevalence, with 238,719 cases reported worldwide. The death rate is greater than 50%, and accounts for the most cancer deaths from gynaecological tumours.
Objective: To describe the features of patients diagnosed or treated for ovarian cancer at the Oncological Gynaecology Department of the Hospital de San José during the period 2009-2013.
Materials and methods: A retrospective case series.
Results: A total of 68 patients were included, with a mean age of 49 years (SD 15.5: range: 14 - 82), of whom 39 (57.5%) were post-menopausal. Serous papillary tumours were the most common histology in pre- and menopausal patients, with 70.6% being diagnosed in stages III-IV. Optimal cytoreduction (R1) or total cytoreduction (R0) was achieved in 40.9%. Adjuvant chemotherapy was administered to 74.24%. Tumour-free survival rate was 63.23%, and overall survival rate was 54.41%.
Conclusion: In our population, ovarian cancer is diagnosed at a more early age than that reported in the world literature. Coinciding with the literature, the serous papillary histotype in advanced stages is the most frequently detected type with a high mortality rate.

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