Cáncer de ovario en el Hospital Central de Maracay: Revisión de 1999 a 2007

objective: to identify the incidence and risk factors of the ovarian cancer, clinical aspects and diagnosis related with staging. method: a retrospective, epidemiological, descriptive study of 52 patients with ovarian cancer from 1999 to 2007. setting: department of surgery and gynecology, hospital central de maracay. results: the incidence was 0.4 % of all cases and 13.19 % of all gynecologic malignancies. the mean age was 49,46 years. in parity 38.5 % had from one to three pregnancies. menarche in 17.% was 12 years. 50.1 % patients were in postmenopausal. clinical diagnosis was ovarian tumor (57,6 %). patients were evaluated in 69.2 % with ultrasonography. staging classification (figo 1985) in 23 % was stage iii. in 71.1 % ovarian cancer was epithelial. in 71.1 % treatment used was hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy. in 2 % there was neoplasm associated. conclusion: ovarian cancer is sporadic, and developing after 35 years. the diagnosis is late.