Is Routine Gastroscopy/Colonoscopy Reasonable in Patients With Suspected Ovarian Cancer: A Retrospective Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate the value of routine preoperative gastroscopy/colonoscopy in patients with suspected ovarian cancer for differential diagnosis and judgment of bowel resection.

Methods

All women diagnosed with suspected ovarian cancer who underwent gastroscopy/colonoscopy before surgery in our center were retrospectively identified. Gastroscopy/colonoscopy results and clinical pathology, imaging, and surgical findings were analyzed.

Results

389 patients were included. Among them, 40 (including 13 gastric and 9 colonic malignancy) were ovarian metastasis. Compared with imaging, gastrointestinal endoscopy showed no statistical advantage in the specificity and sensitivity (99.4% vs. 99.7%, P=1.0; 55.0% vs. 45.2%, P=0.057; respectively). All patients wi

SUBMITTER: Liu G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8281959 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature