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Differences in presentation and survival of Asians compared to Caucasians with ovarian cancer: An NRG Oncology/GOG Ancillary study of 7914 patients.


ABSTRACT: PURPOSE:To compare patient/tumor characteristics and outcomes of Asians to Caucasian patients with epithelial ovarian cancer. METHODS:Ancillary data were pooled and analyzed from ten prospective randomized front-line Gynecologic Oncology Group clinical trials from 1996 to 2011. Demographic, clinicopathologic features, disease-specific and all-cause survival were analyzed. RESULTS:Of 7914 patients, 7641 were Caucasian and 273 Asian. When compared to Caucasians, Asians were younger at trial enrollment, had a better performance status, earlier-stage cancers (17.2% vs. 8.1% with stage I; p?

SUBMITTER: Fuh KC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6941471 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Differences in presentation and survival of Asians compared to Caucasians with ovarian cancer: An NRG Oncology/GOG Ancillary study of 7914 patients.

Fuh Katherine C KC   Java James J JJ   Chan John K JK   Kapp Daniel S DS   Monk Bradley J BJ   Burger Robert A RA   Young Robert C RC   Alberts David S DS   McGuire William P WP   Markman Maurie M   Bell Jeffrey J   Ozols Robert F RF   Armstrong Deborah K DK   Aghajanian Carol C   Bookman Michael A MA   Mannel Robert S RS  

Gynecologic oncology 20190619 2


<h4>Purpose</h4>To compare patient/tumor characteristics and outcomes of Asians to Caucasian patients with epithelial ovarian cancer.<h4>Methods</h4>Ancillary data were pooled and analyzed from ten prospective randomized front-line Gynecologic Oncology Group clinical trials from 1996 to 2011. Demographic, clinicopathologic features, disease-specific and all-cause survival were analyzed.<h4>Results</h4>Of 7914 patients, 7641 were Caucasian and 273 Asian. When compared to Caucasians, Asians were y  ...[more]

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