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SUBMITTER: Chen X
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3760786 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Chen Xiaoxiang X Zhang Jing J Cheng Wenjun W Chang Doo Young DY Huang Jianfei J Wang Xuan X Jia Lizhou L Rosen Daniel G DG Zhang Wei W Yang Da D Gershenson David M DM Sood Anil K AK Bast Robert C RC Liu Jinsong J
International journal of gynecological cancer : official journal of the International Gynecological Cancer Society 20130601 5
<h4>Objective</h4>Most patients with epithelial ovarian cancer achieve a complete clinical remission (CCR) with normal CA-125 but will still relapse and die from their disease. The present study was designed to determine whether CA-125 levels before, during, and after primary treatment provide prognostic information for both type I and type II ovarian cancer.<h4>Methods</h4>In this retrospective study, we identified 410 patients with epithelial ovarian cancer who had achieved a CCR between 1984 ...[more]