Survival Advantage Associated with Decrease in Stage at Detection from Stage IIIC to Stage IIIA Epithelial Ovarian Cancer
Table 1
Definitions of Stage IIIA and Stage IIIC ovarian cancer*.
Stage III
Tumor involves one or both ovaries with cytologically or histologically confirmed spread to the peritoneum outside the pelvis and/or metastasis to the retroperitoneal lymph nodes.
Stage IIIA
Microscopic metastasis beyond the pelvis.
Stage IIIC
Macroscopic, extrapelvic, peritoneal metastasis >2 cm in the greatest dimension and/or regional lymph node metastasis.