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ABSTRACT: Objective
To treat advanced ovarian cancer, interval debulking surgery (IDS) is performed after 3 cycles each of neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) and postoperative chemotherapy (IDS group). If we expect that complete resection cannot be achieved by IDS, debulking surgery is performed after administering additional 3 cycles of chemotherapy without postoperative chemotherapy (Add-C group). We evaluated the survival outcomes of the Add-C group and determined their serum cancer antigen 125 (CA125) levels to predict complete surgery.Methods
A retrospective chart review of all stage III and IV ovarian, fallopian tube, and peritoneal cancer patients treated with NAC in 2007-2016 was conducted.Results
About 117 patients comprised the IDS group and 26 comprised the Add-C group. Univariate and multivariate analyses revealed that Add-C group had an equivalent effect on progression-free survival (PFS; p=0.09) and overall survival (OS; p=0.94) compared with the IDS group. Multivariate analysis revealed that patients who developed residual disease after surgery had worse PFS (hazard ratio [HR]=2.18; 95% confidence interval [CI]=1.45-3.28) and OS (HR=2.33; 95% CI=1.43-3.79), and those who received <6 cycles of chemotherapy had worse PFS (HR=5.30; 95% CI=2.56-10.99) and OS (HR=3.05; 95% CI=1.46-6.38). The preoperative serum CA125 cutoff level was 30 U/mL based on Youden index method.Conclusions
Administering 3 additional cycles of chemotherapy followed by debulking surgery exhibited equivalent effects on survival as IDS followed by 3 cycles of postoperative chemotherapy. Preoperative serum CA125 levels of ?30 U/mL may be a useful predictor of achieving complete surgery.
SUBMITTER: Yoneoka Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6658596 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Yoneoka Yutaka Y Ishikawa Mitsuya M Uehara Takashi T Shimizu Hanako H Uno Masaya M Murakami Takashi T Kato Tomoyasu T
Journal of gynecologic oncology 20190901 5
<h4>Objective</h4>To treat advanced ovarian cancer, interval debulking surgery (IDS) is performed after 3 cycles each of neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) and postoperative chemotherapy (IDS group). If we expect that complete resection cannot be achieved by IDS, debulking surgery is performed after administering additional 3 cycles of chemotherapy without postoperative chemotherapy (Add-C group). We evaluated the survival outcomes of the Add-C group and determined their serum cancer antigen 125 (CA ...[more]