Review Article

The Role of Secondary Surgery in Recurrent Ovarian Cancer

Table 1

Published results on secondary cytoreduction for recurrent ovarian cancer.

Reference Definition usedCytoreduced (%)Median survival after secondary surgery
(months)

Berek [3]21RD<o>1.5 cm;6/21 (29); 15/21 (71)<1.5, (20); >1.5 (5)
Morris [6]30NVD; RD<o>2 cm9/30 (30); 8/30 (27); 13/30 (43)<2 (18.8); > 2(13.3) ns
Janicke [7]28NVD; RD<o> 2 cm14/28 (50); 12/28 (43); 2/28 (7)NVD, (29); RD, (9)
Segna [8]100RD<o>2 cm61/100 (61); 39/100 (39)<2,(27.1); >2, (9)

3/5 stage I (60);
Pecorelli [9]270NVD; RD RD<o>2 cm2/5 stage I (40);<2 (20); >2 (12)
13/22 stage III (58);
9/22 stage III ( 41)

Vaccarello [10]57RD<o>0.5 cm38/57 (67); 23/38<0.5, NYR; >0.5 (23)
Cormio [11]21NVD; no cytoreduction15/21 (71); 6/21 (25)NVD, (32); RD (9) )
Gadducci [12]30NVD RD<o>2 cm17/30 (57); 8/30 (27); 5/30 (17)NVD (37); RD (19)
Eisenkop [13]106NVD; RD<o>2 cm87/106 (82); 3/106 (3); 16/106 (15)NVD (44.4); RD (19.3)
Munkarah [14]25NVD; RD<o>2 cm12/25 (48); 6/25 (24); 7/25 (28)NVD (56.9); RD (25.1)
Tay [15]46NVD; RD19/46 (41); 27/46 (59)NVD (38); RD (11)
Zang [16]107NVD; RD<o>1 cm11/107 (10); 61/107 (57); 35/107 (33)NVD nyr; RD < 1 (26); >1(14.5)
Onda [17]44NVD; RD<o>1 cm26/44 (59); 11/44 (25); 7/44 (16)NVD (52); RD<1 (23) ; >1 (20)
Güngör [18]44Surgery; chemo only; NVD44/75 (59); 31/75 (41); 34/44 (77)NVD (19); RD (9)
Pfisterer [19]267NVD; RD<o>1 cm133/267 (50); 69/267 (26); 65/267 (24)NVD (45.3); RD (19)
Ayhan [20]64NVD; RD<o>1 cm28/64 (44); 25/64 (39); 11/64 (17)<1 (28); >1 (18)

RD: residual disease, NVD: no visible disease, NS: not significant, NYR: not yet reached.