%0 Journal Article
%T Impact of the new FIGO 2013 classification on prognosis of stage I epithelial ovarian cancers
%A Andreas Sch£¿tzau
%A C¨¦line Montavon Sartorius
%A Daniel Fink
%A Gillian Mackay
%A Neville F Hacker
%A Uzma Mirza
%A Viola Heinzelmann-Schwarz
%J Archive of "Cancer Management and Research".
%D 2018
%R 10.2147/CMAR.S174777
%X The stage of disease is one of the strongest prognostic factors in epithelial ovarian cancer. The International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) classification was revised in 2013; stage IC was subdivided into IC1 (intraoperative surgical spill), IC2 (capsule rupture before surgery or tumor on surface), and IC3 (positive peritoneal washing or ascites). Our aim was to compare the outcome of patients in the new FIGO stage I subgroups, as this might influence adjuvant therapy decisions
%K ovarian neoplasm
%K cancer staging
%K survival
%K recurrence
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6199966/