Resection of recurrent ovarian or fallopian tube carcinoma involving the liver Journal Article


Authors: Yoon, S. S.; Jarnagin, W. R.; Fong, Y.; DeMatteo, R. P.; Barakat, R. R.; Blumgart, L. H.; Chi, D. S.
Article Title: Resection of recurrent ovarian or fallopian tube carcinoma involving the liver
Abstract: Objective. Patients who develop recurrent ovarian of fallopian tube carcinoma involving the liver often have disease refractory to chemotherapy and carry a poor prognosis. The impact of aggressive resection in this patient population is unclear. Methods. From 1/1988 to 9/2001, 24 patients with recurrent ovarian or fallopian tube carcinoma who underwent complete gross resection or optimal debulking of their hepatic metastases and disease at other sites were identified from prospective databases at a single institution. Results. The median age of patients was 53 years old, and the median interval between primary diagnosis and liver resection was 69 months. All patients had primary resection or cytoreduction and chemotherapy as part of their initial treatment. Subsequent hepatic resections included trisegmentectomy (2), lobectomy (2), segmentectomy (17), and wedge resection (3). Additional resection of disease outside the liver was performed in 18 patients (75%). Twenty-one patients (88%) had removal of all gross disease, and three patients (13%) had optimal tumor debulking to less than 1 cm. Eighteen patients recurred with sites of initial recurrence, including the abdomen and pelvis (14), spine/paraspinal region (2), lung (1), and liver (1). Overall median survival was 62 months after hepatic resection with a range of 6 to 94 months. Fourteen patients were alive at the time of last follow-up, and 10 had no evidence of disease. No significant prognostic factors for overall survival could be identified on univariate analysis. Conclusion. In highly selected patients with recurrent ovarian or fallopian tube carcinoma involving the liver, hepatic resection along with resection of other gross disease may lengthen survival and should be considered as a treatment option. © 2003 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Keywords: adult; cancer chemotherapy; cancer survival; clinical article; controlled study; treatment outcome; middle aged; cancer surgery; survival rate; cancer recurrence; cisplatin; doxorubicin; liver neoplasms; conference paper; paclitaxel; cancer patient; topotecan; follow up; cancer diagnosis; neoplasm staging; ovarian neoplasms; carboplatin; neoplasm recurrence, local; cyclophosphamide; liver metastasis; lung metastasis; ovary carcinoma; liver resection; uterine tube carcinoma; fallopian tube neoplasms; liver lobectomy; abdominal disease; spine disease; pelvic disease; humans; prognosis; human; female; priority journal
Journal Title: Gynecologic Oncology
Volume: 91
Issue: 2
ISSN: 0090-8258
Publisher: Elsevier Inc.  
Date Published: 2003-11-01
Start Page: 383
End Page: 388
Language: English
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2003.07.005
PUBMED: 14599870
PROVIDER: scopus
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Notes: Export Date: 25 September 2014 -- Source: Scopus
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  1. Sam Yoon
    108 Yoon
  2. Richard R Barakat
    629 Barakat
  3. Leslie H Blumgart
    352 Blumgart
  4. Dennis S Chi
    707 Chi
  5. Ronald P DeMatteo
    637 DeMatteo
  6. William R Jarnagin
    903 Jarnagin
  7. Yuman Fong
    775 Fong