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. 2023 Sep;308(3):953-960.
doi: 10.1007/s00404-023-07016-6. Epub 2023 Apr 8.

Could uterine conservation be an option in presumed early-stage epithelial ovarian cancer?

Louise Benoit  1   2   3   4 , Camille Pajot  5 , Meriem Koual  5   6   7 , Huyen-Thu Nguyen-Xuan  5 , Enrica Bentivegna  5 , Anne-Sophie Bats  5   6   8 , Henri Azaïs  5   6   8
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Could uterine conservation be an option in presumed early-stage epithelial ovarian cancer?

Louise Benoit et al. Arch Gynecol Obstet. 2023 Sep.

Abstract

Purpose: In early-stage epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC), patients usually undergo a hysterectomy. However, in fertility sparing surgery (FSS), carefully selected patients could conserve their uterus. The aim of our study was to evaluate the incidence and epidemiologic characteristics associated with uterine involvement in patients with early-stage EOC, outside of FSS.

Methods: We conducted a retrospective, monocentric, study from 2003 to 2019 and included all patients with a presumed early-stage EOC (FIGO I) who underwent a hysterectomy. The incidence of uterine involvement, predictive factors of uterine involvement, and the impact of uterine involvement on survival (recurrence-free survival and overall survival) were analyzed.

Results: Eighty-five patients had an early-stage EOC. Of these, six had an uterine involvement (7%). The populations of patients with or without uterine involvement did not differ except for CA 125 at diagnosis (136 ± 138 versus 356 ± 723, p = 0.04, respectively). No patient or tumor characteristics were predictive of uterine involvement. Uterine involvement was not associated with recurrence-free survival (HR = 1.26, IC95% 0.36-4.4, p = 0.72) or overall survival (HR = 0.7, IC95% 0.1-6.1, p = 0.77).

Conclusion: Due to the small size of our sample, no conclusion can be drawn, yet it could be hypothesized that, for selected patients, a systematic hysterectomy could be discussed, notably in restaging surgery.

Keywords: Early-stage; Epithelial ovarian cancer; Hysterectomy; Staging surgery.

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