<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Pectasides, D.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Papaxoinis, G.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Fountzilas, G.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Aravantinos, G.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Bamias, A.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">N. Pavlidis</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Kalofonos, H.P.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Timotheadou, E.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Samantas, E.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Briasoulis, E.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Skarlos, D.V.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Economopoulos, T.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Dimopoulos, M.A.</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Epithelial ovarian cancer in Greece: A retrospective study of 1,791 patients by the hellenic cooperative oncology group (HeCOG)</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Anticancer Research</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Epithelial ovarian cancer</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Prognostic factors</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Registry</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Retrospective</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2009</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2009</style></date></pub-dates></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-61449127539&amp;partnerID=40&amp;md5=fec259f088ba0cc2f9ba9131a1e64f82</style></url></web-urls></urls><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">29</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">745 - 751</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Background: The aim of this retrospective study was to present the epidemiological, pathological and clinical characteristics and treatment results of Greek women with epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC). Patients and Methods: From February 1976 to December 2006, 1,791 patients had been diagnosed, treated and followed up in the participating centers of the Hellenic Cooperative Oncology Group (HeCOG). Cox-regression analysis was carried out in order to identify possible prognostic factors. Results: The median age at diagnosis was 60 years. Seventy-five percent had a performance status (PS) of 0-1, 58.5% had a serous carcinoma, 36% had poorly differentiated tumors and 57% had International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) stage III disease. Approximately half of the patients had been subjected to a total abdominal hysterectomy, bilateral oophorectomy and omentectomy, and 80% of them had undergone optimal debulking surgery. Among 1,462 patients with advanced disease, 96% had received platinum-based chemotherapy, while platinum plus paclitaxel had been administered to two-thirds of them. Among 609 patients with known data for response, 34% had achieved a complete objective response (CR) and 30% a partial response (PR), resulting in an overall response rate (RR) of 64%. Performance status, FIGO stage and residual disease (RD) after cytoreductive surgery were the strongest prognostic factors for time-to-tumor progression (TTP) and for overall survival (OS), while age was found to be significant only for OS. The median TTP was 107 months (95% confidence interval (CI), 92-121 months) for patients with stages I-II, 17 months (95% CI, 15-18 months) for those with stages III-IV, 96 months (95% CI, 58-133 months) for patients without RD and 17 months (95% CI, 15-18 months) for those with RD. Median OS had not been reached for the patients with stages I-II, while it was 40 months (95% CI, 37-43 months) for those with stages III-IV, 141 months (95% CI, 103-179 months) for patients without RD and 42 months (95% CI, 39-45 months) for those with RD. Conclusion: There were no significant differences in patient characteristics or types of treatments administered in Greek women with EOC in comparison with those reported in the English literature.</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2</style></issue><notes><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Cited By :5Export Date: 21 February 2017</style></notes></record></records></xml>