Outcomes after fertility-sparing surgery of early-stage ovarian cancer: A nationwide population-based study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Fertility-sparing surgery (FSS) is an alternative choice of young patients who have not completed their family planning and still have fertility needs. The aims of this study were to compare the outcomes of early-stage epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) patients undergoing FSS and radical comprehensive staging surgery (RCS), and the suitability of FSS.

Methods

A total of 1297 patients aged between 20 and 44 years with newly diagnosed early-stage EOC were recruited from the Taiwan Cancer Registry database between 2009 and 2017. Site-specific surgery codes were used to distinguish patients in FSS group or RCS group. Cancer-specific survival (CSS) was evaluated using Kaplan-Meier method with log-rank test and Cox regression model.

Results

There were 401 and 896 p

SUBMITTER: Lee CY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11010646 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature