TY - JOUR
T1 - Primary ovarian small cell carcinoma
T2 - Four more cases
AU - Peccatori, F.
AU - Bonazzi, C.
AU - Lucchini, V.
AU - Bratina, G.
AU - Mangioni, C.
PY - 1993
Y1 - 1993
N2 - A case report of four patients affected by primary ovarian small cell carcinoma is presented. The surgical and chemotherapeutic approaches are described for each case. Cisplatin-based chemotherapy obtained objective responses in two of four patients, but three of four patients died of disease progression within 2 years from the diagnosis. One patient, who was stage Ib and underwent bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy, total hysterectomy, and adjuvant chemotherapy is still alive 58 months after surgery. Accurate diagnosis and a multidisciplinary approach are needed to ameliorate the prognosis of this tumor that, at present, remains very poor.
AB - A case report of four patients affected by primary ovarian small cell carcinoma is presented. The surgical and chemotherapeutic approaches are described for each case. Cisplatin-based chemotherapy obtained objective responses in two of four patients, but three of four patients died of disease progression within 2 years from the diagnosis. One patient, who was stage Ib and underwent bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy, total hysterectomy, and adjuvant chemotherapy is still alive 58 months after surgery. Accurate diagnosis and a multidisciplinary approach are needed to ameliorate the prognosis of this tumor that, at present, remains very poor.
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U2 - 10.1006/gyno.1993.1093
DO - 10.1006/gyno.1993.1093
M3 - Article
C2 - 8387062
AN - SCOPUS:0027223207
SN - 0090-8258
VL - 49
SP - 95
EP - 99
JO - Gynecologic Oncology
JF - Gynecologic Oncology
IS - 1
ER -