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Barmon D, Patra S, Nandwani M, Jethani R, Kataki AC. Critical Analysis of Advanced High-Grade Serous Epithelial Ovarian Cancer in Women: An Experience of 100 Cases from a Regional Cancer Center in Northeast India. South Asian J Cancer 2023; 12:334-340. [PMID: 38130273 PMCID: PMC10733069 DOI: 10.1055/s-0043-1771444] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2023] Open
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Debabrata BarmonOvarian cancer is the sixth most common cancer in women worldwide. Patients with ovarian carcinoma mostly present at an advanced stage with serous type of epithelial ovarian cancers, which is the most lethal of all pelvic malignancies. This study aims to critically analyze high-grade serous epithelial ovarian carcinomas in women from the Northeastern region of India and compare our data with Western literature to modify treatment strategies and improve survival outcomes. This hospital-based retrospective analysis involved data from the records of 100 women with high-grade epithelial ovarian cancer treated primarily with neoadjuvant chemotherapy followed by interval debulking surgery in the department of gynecologic oncology at a tertiary level regional cancer institute from January 2018 to December 2019. The demographic, clinical and pathological profile, and survival outcome were evaluated using descriptive statistics. The overall survival of the study population was calculated using Kaplan-Meier curves using SPSS software (version 24). The majority of women belonged to 41 to 55 years age group. At first presentation to the hospital, 89 and11% patients were in stage III and stage IV of disease, respectively. Clinically, 95% of women had ascites, and 18% had metastasis to lymph nodes. Distant metastasis to lungs and liver was present in 10 and 3% of cases, respectively. A substantial percentage (98%) of women had raised serum Ca125 > 1000 at baseline, ranging from 1,745 to 10,987 IU/mL. Almost two-thirds of the cases had partial-to-complete response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy (78%). In most of the women (72%), there was no residual disease at interval debulking surgery (R0), though 28% women had R1& R2 resection. The median overall survival time was 36 months. High-grade serous ovarian cancer is commonly seen in older age group, but its occurrence in younger population has also been observed. Early diagnosis is crucial in decreasing morbidity and mortality among these patients. Therefore, efforts should be made to identify risk factors for malignancy. Assessing each parameter of statistical information reflecting its own profile may be important for calculating the risk for the development of ovarian cancer, which can help in implementing preventive measures in the future.
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- Debabrata Barmon
- Department of Gynaecologic Oncology, Dr. Bhubaneswar Borooah Cancer Institute, Guwahati, Assam, India
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- Department of Gynaecologic Oncology, Dr. Bhubaneswar Borooah Cancer Institute, Guwahati, Assam, India
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- Department of Gynaecologic Oncology, Dr. Bhubaneswar Borooah Cancer Institute, Guwahati, Assam, India
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- Department of Gynaecologic Oncology, Dr. Bhubaneswar Borooah Cancer Institute, Guwahati, Assam, India
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- Department of Gynaecological Oncology, Dr. Bhubaneswar Borooah Cancer Institute, Guwahati, Assam, India
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Costantini B, Rosati A, Vargiu V, Gallitelli V, Di Ilio C, Moroni R, Scambia G, Fagotti A. Visual Peritoneal Evaluation of Residual Disease After Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in Advanced Ovarian Cancer Patients: The VIPER Study. Ann Surg Oncol 2023; 30:2319-2328. [PMID: 36745255 DOI: 10.1245/s10434-022-12861-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2022] [Accepted: 11/09/2022] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND Chemotherapy induces histopathological tumor necrosis and fibrosis which results in macroscopic tissue changes, making surgeons' intraoperative visual evaluation of the disease distribution more difficult to interpret. The aim of the study was to assess the sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy of intraoperative laparoscopic visual evaluation of the diaphragmatic peritoneum and compare it with histopathological examination. METHODS Patients receiving diaphragmatic peritonectomy at time of IDS were retrospectively included. The population was grouped based on the surgeon's assessment of the diaphragmatic peritoneum during diagnostic laparoscopy. Group 1 included patients with a "visually pathologic" diaphragmatic peritoneum, and group 2 included patients with a "visually dubious" diaphragmatic peritoneum. Sensitivity, specificity, predictive values, and accuracy were calculated considering the final formalin-fixed pathology as the reference standard. RESULTS 155 patients were included (92 in group 1 and 63 in group 2). The accuracy rate of visual examination was 67.1%, the negative predictive value was 19%, specificity was 100%, and sensitivity was 64.3%. CONCLUSION NACT strongly affects the ability of the surgeon to discern between peritoneal scars and truly pathologic peritoneum. The diaphragmatic laparoscopic visual examination showed a low overall accuracy. We propose an algorithm that can guide the surgeon towards a more tailored approach to diaphragmatic peritonectomy during IDS.
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- Barbara Costantini
- Department of Woman and Child Health and Public Health, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Woman and Child Health and Public Health, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Gynecologic Oncology, Gemelli Molise SpA, Campobasso, Italy
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- Department of Woman and Child Health and Public Health, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy
- Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Woman and Child Health and Public Health, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy
- Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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- Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Woman and Child Health and Public Health, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
- Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy.
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- Department of Woman and Child Health and Public Health, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy
- Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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Dumont F, Kepenekian V, De Franco V, Eveno C, Rat P, Sabbagh C, Tuech JJ, Bereder JM, Gérard M, Loaec C, Martin E, Campion L, Glehen O. Delaying Surgery After Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy Affects Survival in Patients with Colorectal Peritoneal Metastases: A BIG-RENAPE Network Multicentric Study. Ann Surg Oncol 2023; 30:3549-3559. [PMID: 36913044 PMCID: PMC10010199 DOI: 10.1245/s10434-023-13224-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2022] [Accepted: 01/21/2023] [Indexed: 03/14/2023]
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BACKGROUND Multimodal treatment for patients with peritoneal metastases (PM) from colorectal cancer (CRC), including perioperative chemotherapy (CT) plus complete resection, is associated with prolonged survival. The oncologic impact of therapeutic delays is unknown. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to assess the survival impact of delaying surgery and CT. METHODS Medical records from the national BIG RENAPE network database of patients with complete cytoreductive (CC0-1) surgery of synchronous PM from CRC who received at least one neoadjuvant CT cycle plus one adjuvant CT cycle were retrospectively reviewed. The optimal interval between the end of neoadjuvant CT to surgery, surgery to adjuvant CT, and total interval without systemic CT were estimated using Contal and O'Quigley's method plus restricted cubic spline methods. RESULTS From 2007 to 2019, 227 patients were identified. After a median follow-up of 45.7 months, the median overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS) was 47.6 and 10.9 months, respectively. The best cut-off period was 42 days in the preoperative interval, no cut-off period was optimal in the postoperative interval, and the best cut-off period in the total interval without CT was 102 days. In multivariate analysis, age, biologic agent use, high peritoneal cancer index, primary T4 or N2 staging, and delay to surgery of more than 42 days (median OS 63 vs. 32.9 months; p = 0.032) were significantly associated with worse OS. Preoperative delay of surgery was also significantly associated with PFS, but only in univariate analysis. CONCLUSION In selected patients undergoing complete resection plus perioperative CT, a period of more than 6 weeks from completion of neoadjuvant CT to cytoreductive surgery was independently associated with worse OS.
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- Frédéric Dumont
- Department of Surgical Oncology, Institut de Cancérologie de l'Ouest, Saint Herblain, France.
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- Department of Surgical Oncology, Centre Hospitalier Lyon Sud, Pierre Bénite, France
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- Department of Surgical Oncology, Institut de Cancérologie de l'Ouest, Angers, France
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- Department of Digestive and Oncological Surgery, Claude Huriez University Hospital, Lille, France
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- Department of Digestive and Oncological Surgery, Hopital du Bocage, University Hospital, Dijon, France
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- Department of Digestive and Oncological Surgery, University Hospital of Amiens, Amiens, France
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- Department of Digestive Surgery, Rouen University Hospital, Rouen, France
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- Department of Digestive and Oncological Surgery, Nice University Hospital, Nice, France
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- Department of Surgical Oncology, Institut de Cancérologie de l'Ouest, Saint Herblain, France
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- Department of Surgical Oncology, Institut de Cancérologie de l'Ouest, Saint Herblain, France
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- Biometrics, ICO Cancer Center, Nantes, Saint Herblain, France
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- Biometrics, ICO Cancer Center, Nantes, Saint Herblain, France.,CRCINA, University of Nantes, INSERM UMR1232, CNRS-ERL6001, Nantes, France
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- Department of Surgical Oncology, Centre Hospitalier Lyon Sud, Pierre Bénite, France
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Bryant A, Hiu S, Kunonga PT, Gajjar K, Craig D, Vale L, Winter-Roach BA, Elattar A, Naik R. Impact of residual disease as a prognostic factor for survival in women with advanced epithelial ovarian cancer after primary surgery. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2022; 9:CD015048. [PMID: 36161421 PMCID: PMC9512080 DOI: 10.1002/14651858.cd015048.pub2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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BACKGROUND Ovarian cancer is the seventh most common cancer among women and a leading cause of death from gynaecological malignancies. Epithelial ovarian cancer is the most common type, accounting for around 90% of all ovarian cancers. This specific type of ovarian cancer starts in the surface layer covering the ovary or lining of the fallopian tube. Surgery is performed either before chemotherapy (upfront or primary debulking surgery (PDS)) or in the middle of a course of treatment with chemotherapy (neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACT) and interval debulking surgery (IDS)), with the aim of removing all visible tumour and achieving no macroscopic residual disease (NMRD). The aim of this review is to investigate the prognostic impact of size of residual disease nodules (RD) in women who received upfront or interval cytoreductive surgery for advanced (stage III and IV) epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC). OBJECTIVES To assess the prognostic impact of residual disease after primary surgery on survival outcomes for advanced (stage III and IV) epithelial ovarian cancer. In separate analyses, primary surgery included both upfront primary debulking surgery (PDS) followed by adjuvant chemotherapy and neoadjuvant chemotherapy followed by interval debulking surgery (IDS). Each residual disease threshold is considered as a separate prognostic factor. SEARCH METHODS We searched CENTRAL (2021, Issue 8), MEDLINE via Ovid (to 30 August 2021) and Embase via Ovid (to 30 August 2021). SELECTION CRITERIA We included survival data from studies of at least 100 women with advanced EOC after primary surgery. Residual disease was assessed as a prognostic factor in multivariate prognostic models. We excluded studies that reported fewer than 100 women, women with concurrent malignancies or studies that only reported unadjusted results. Women were included into two distinct groups: those who received PDS followed by platinum-based chemotherapy and those who received IDS, analysed separately. We included studies that reported all RD thresholds after surgery, but the main thresholds of interest were microscopic RD (labelled NMRD), RD 0.1 cm to 1 cm (small-volume residual disease (SVRD)) and RD > 1 cm (large-volume residual disease (LVRD)). DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS Two review authors independently abstracted data and assessed risk of bias. Where possible, we synthesised the data in meta-analysis. To assess the adequacy of adjustment factors used in multivariate Cox models, we used the 'adjustment for other prognostic factors' and 'statistical analysis and reporting' domains of the quality in prognosis studies (QUIPS) tool. We also made judgements about the certainty of the evidence for each outcome in the main comparisons, using GRADE. We examined differences between FIGO stages III and IV for different thresholds of RD after primary surgery. We considered factors such as age, grade, length of follow-up, type and experience of surgeon, and type of surgery in the interpretation of any heterogeneity. We also performed sensitivity analyses that distinguished between studies that included NMRD in RD categories of < 1 cm and those that did not. This was applicable to comparisons involving RD < 1 cm with the exception of RD < 1 cm versus NMRD. We evaluated women undergoing PDS and IDS in separate analyses. MAIN RESULTS We found 46 studies reporting multivariate prognostic analyses, including RD as a prognostic factor, which met our inclusion criteria: 22,376 women who underwent PDS and 3697 who underwent IDS, all with varying levels of RD. While we identified a range of different RD thresholds, we mainly report on comparisons that are the focus of a key area of clinical uncertainty (involving NMRD, SVRD and LVRD). The comparison involving any visible disease (RD > 0 cm) and NMRD was also important. SVRD versus NMRD in a PDS setting In PDS studies, most showed an increased risk of death in all RD groups when those with macroscopic RD (MRD) were compared to NMRD. Women who had SVRD after PDS had more than twice the risk of death compared to women with NMRD (hazard ratio (HR) 2.03, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.80 to 2.29; I2 = 50%; 17 studies; 9404 participants; moderate-certainty). The analysis of progression-free survival found that women who had SVRD after PDS had nearly twice the risk of death compared to women with NMRD (HR 1.88, 95% CI 1.63 to 2.16; I2 = 63%; 10 studies; 6596 participants; moderate-certainty). LVRD versus SVRD in a PDS setting When we compared LVRD versus SVRD following surgery, the estimates were attenuated compared to NMRD comparisons. All analyses showed an overall survival benefit in women who had RD < 1 cm after surgery (HR 1.22, 95% CI 1.13 to 1.32; I2 = 0%; 5 studies; 6000 participants; moderate-certainty). The results were robust to analyses of progression-free survival. SVRD and LVRD versus NMRD in an IDS setting The one study that defined the categories as NMRD, SVRD and LVRD showed that women who had SVRD and LVRD after IDS had more than twice the risk of death compared to women who had NMRD (HR 2.09, 95% CI 1.20 to 3.66; 310 participants; I2 = 56%, and HR 2.23, 95% CI 1.49 to 3.34; 343 participants; I2 = 35%; very low-certainty, for SVRD versus NMRD and LVRD versus NMRD, respectively). LVRD versus SVRD + NMRD in an IDS setting Meta-analysis found that women who had LVRD had a greater risk of death and disease progression compared to women who had either SVRD or NMRD (HR 1.60, 95% CI 1.21 to 2.11; 6 studies; 1572 participants; I2 = 58% for overall survival and HR 1.76, 95% CI 1.23 to 2.52; 1145 participants; I2 = 60% for progression-free survival; very low-certainty). However, this result is biased as in all but one study it was not possible to distinguish NMRD within the < 1 cm thresholds. Only one study separated NMRD from SVRD; all others included NMRD in the SVRD group, which may create bias when comparing with LVRD, making interpretation challenging. MRD versus NMRD in an IDS setting Women who had any amount of MRD after IDS had more than twice the risk of death compared to women with NMRD (HR 2.11, 95% CI 1.35 to 3.29, I2 = 81%; 906 participants; very low-certainty). AUTHORS' CONCLUSIONS In a PDS setting, there is moderate-certainty evidence that the amount of RD after primary surgery is a prognostic factor for overall and progression-free survival in women with advanced ovarian cancer. We separated our analysis into three distinct categories for the survival outcome including NMRD, SVRD and LVRD. After IDS, there may be only two categories required, although this is based on very low-certainty evidence, as all but one study included NMRD in the SVRD category. The one study that separated NMRD from SVRD showed no improved survival outcome in the SVRD category, compared to LVRD. Further low-certainty evidence also supported restricting to two categories, where women who had any amount of MRD after IDS had a significantly greater risk of death compared to women with NMRD. Therefore, the evidence presented in this review cannot conclude that using three categories applies in an IDS setting (very low-certainty evidence), as was supported for PDS (which has convincing moderate-certainty evidence).
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- Andrew Bryant
- Population Health Sciences Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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- Population Health Sciences Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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- Population Health Sciences Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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- Department of Gynaecological Oncology, 1st Floor Maternity Unit, City Hospital Campus, Nottingham, UK
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- Population Health Sciences Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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- Population Health Sciences Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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- The Department of Surgery, Christie Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK
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- City Hospital & Birmingham Treatment Centre, Birmingham, UK
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- Gynaecological Oncology, Northern Gynaecological Oncology Centre, Gateshead, UK
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Betrian S, Angeles MA, Gil Moreno A, Cabarrou B, Deslandres M, Ferron G, Mery E, Floquet A, Guyon F, Pérez-Benavente A, Spagnolo E, Rychlik A, Gladieff L, Hernández Gutiérrez A, Martinez A. Survival impact of histological response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy according to number of cycles in patients with advanced ovarian cancer. Int J Gynecol Cancer 2022; 32:ijgc-2021-003313. [PMID: 35858711 DOI: 10.1136/ijgc-2021-003313] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE We sought to evaluate the impact of chemotherapy response score according to the number of cycles of neoadjuvant chemotherapy, on disease-free survival and overall survival, in patients with advanced epithelial ovarian cancer ineligible for primary debulking surgery. METHODS This multicenter retrospective study included patients with International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) stage IIIC-IV epithelial ovarian cancer who underwent 3-4 or 6 cycles of a platinum and taxane-based neoadjuvant chemotherapy, followed by complete cytoreduction surgery (CC-0) or cytoreduction to minimal residual disease (CC-1), between January 2008 and December 2015, in four institutions. Disease-free survival and overall survival were assessed according to the histological response to chemotherapy defined by the validated chemotherapy response score. RESULTS A total of 365 patients were included: 219 (60.0%) received 3-4 cycles of neoadjuvant chemotherapy, and 146 (40.0%) had 6 cycles of neoadjuvant chemotherapy before cytoreductive surgery. There were no significant differences in early relapses, disease-free survival, and overall survival according to the number of neoadjuvant chemotherapy cycles. However, regardless of the number cycles of neoadjuvant chemotherapy, persistent extensive histological disease (chemotherapy response score 1-2) was significantly associated with a higher peritoneal cancer index, minimal residual disease (CC-1), and early relapses. Median disease-free survival in patients with complete or near-complete response (score 3) was 28.3 months (95% CI 21.6 to 36.8), whereas it was 16.3 months in patients with chemotherapy response score 1-2 (95% CI 14.7 to 18.0, p<0.001). CONCLUSION In our cohort, the number of neoadjuvant chemotherapy cycles was not associated with disease-free survival or overall survival. Chemotherapy response score 3 improved oncological outcome regardless of the number of neoadjuvant chemotherapy cycles.
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- Sarah Betrian
- Department of Medical Oncology, Institut Universitaire du Cancer de Toulouse, Toulouse, France
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- Surgical Oncology, Institut Universitaire du Cancer Toulouse Oncopole, Toulouse, France
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- Gynecology, Vall d'Hebron Hospital, Barcelona, Spain
- Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Biostatistics Unit, Institut Universitaire du Cancer Toulouse Oncopole, Toulouse, France
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Institut Universitaire du Cancer de Toulouse, Toulouse, France
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- Surgical Oncology, Institut Universitaire du Cancer Toulouse Oncopole, Toulouse, France
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- Pathology, Institut Universitaire du Cancer Toulouse Oncopole, Toulouse, France
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- Medical Oncology Department, Institut Bergonié, Bordeaux, France
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- Gynecologic Oncology Unit, La Paz University Hospital, Madrid, Spain
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- Maria Sklodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology in Warsaw, Warszawa, Poland
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Institut Universitaire du Cancer de Toulouse, Toulouse, France
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- Surgical Oncology, Institut Universitaire du Cancer Toulouse Oncopole, Toulouse, France
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Bacry MC, Philippe AC, Riethmuller D, Faucheron JL, Pomel C. INTERVAL DEBULKING SURGERY AFTER NEOADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY IN ADVANCED OVARIAN CANCER - RETROSPECTIVE STUDY COMPARING SURGERY AFTER 3 CYCLES OR MORE OF CHEMOTHERAPY. J Gynecol Obstet Hum Reprod 2022; 51:102409. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jogoh.2022.102409] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2022] [Revised: 04/22/2022] [Accepted: 05/12/2022] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Ergasti R, Marchetti C, Tudisco R, Iervolino A, Naldini A, Oliva R, Inzani F, Scambia G, Fagotti A. BRCA status and platinum sensitivity in advanced ovarian cancer according to Chemotherapy Response Score. Int J Gynecol Cancer 2022; 32:639-645. [PMID: 35246469 DOI: 10.1136/ijgc-2021-003116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate a relation between BRCA1/2 status and the Chemotherapy Response Score in patients with epithelial ovarian cancer undergoing neoadjuvant chemotherapy and interval debulking surgery. METHODS Data were retrospectively collected on patients with unresectable disease undergoing three or four cycles of neoadjuvant chemotherapy and interval debulking surgery at the Gynecologic Oncology Unit of the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart from January 2016 to December 2020. All patients were assessed for BRCA1/2 somatic mutation at diagnosis. The omental specimens obtained at the interval surgery were evaluated according to Bohm's Chemotherapy Response Score System. RESULTS A total of 172 patients were included in the analysis, 69 (40%) patients were BRCA1/2 mutation carriers and 103 (60%) patients were wild type. In the wild-type group (BRCAwt), 73 (70.9%) patients had a Chemotherapy Response Score of 1 or 2 and 30 (29.1%) patients had a score of 3. In the BRCA1/2 carriers group (BRCAmut), 39 (56.5%) patients had a score of 1 or 2 and 30 (43.5%) patients had a score of 3. Among the BRCAwt group, those with a Chemotherapy Response Score of 3 had a prolonged median progression-free survival (22 vs 15 months, p=0.003). Among the BRCAmut carriers group, no differences were found (30 vs 27 months, p=0.55). No difference in overall survival was observed in either the BRCAmut carriers population (p=0.23) or the BRCAwt population (60 vs 44 months, p=0.06). CONCLUSIONS Patients with BRCA1/2mut seem to achieve a score of 1, 2 or 3 with the same frequency. In contrast, patients with BRCAwt seem to have a score of 1 or 2 more frequently than a score of 3. In patients with BRCA1/2mut, this score may not be an indicator of chemosensitivity.
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- Raffaella Ergasti
- Department of Woman, Child and Public Health, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy.,Catholic University of the Sacred Heart Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Woman, Child and Public Health, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy.,Catholic University of the Sacred Heart Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Woman, Child and Public Health, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy.,Catholic University of the Sacred Heart Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, Rome, Italy
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- Catholic University of the Sacred Heart Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Woman, Child and Public Health, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Woman, Child and Public Health, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy.,Catholic University of the Sacred Heart Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Woman, Child and Public Health, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Woman, Child and Public Health, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy .,Catholic University of the Sacred Heart Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Woman, Child and Public Health, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy.,Catholic University of the Sacred Heart Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, Rome, Italy
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LaFargue CJ, Handley KF, Fleming ND, Nick AM, Chelariu-Raicu A, Fellman B, Castellano T, Ogasawara A, Hom-Tedla M, Blake EA, da Costa AABA, Crim AK, Rauh-Hain A, Westin SN, Coleman RL, Matsuo K, Baiocchi G, Hasegawa K, Moore K, Sood AK. Clinical analysis of pathologic complete responders in advanced-stage ovarian cancer. Gynecol Oncol 2022; 165:82-89. [PMID: 35216808 PMCID: PMC8969169 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2022.02.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2021] [Revised: 01/30/2022] [Accepted: 02/06/2022] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To determine the clinical characteristics of patients who attained pathologic complete response (pCR) after neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACT) and to identify specific predictive or prognostic factors associated with pCR. METHODS Two distinct populations of patients who underwent NACT followed by interval tumor reductive surgery (TRS) were used in this retrospective study. The first contained 472 patients from a single institution. The second contained only pCR patients (67); those identified from population one, plus 44 obtained through collaborative institutions. Cox analysis and log-rank tests were performed to assess associations between clinical characteristics and pCR outcome, recurrence-free survival (RFS), and overall survival (OS). RESULTS The median RFS and OS in our pCR-only population was 24.2 and 80.8 months, respectively, with a median follow-up time of 32.4 months. In our single institution population, 23 patients attained pCR (4.9%) and had longer RFS compared to non-pCR patients with viable microscopic, optimal, or suboptimal residual disease (24.3 vs. 12.1 vs. 11.6 vs. 9.6 months, p = 0.025, 0.012, 0.008, respectively), and longer OS compared to those with optimal or suboptimal residual disease (54.5 vs. 29.4 vs. 25.7 months, p = 0.027, 0.007, respectively). Patients were more than three-fold likely to attain pCR if their CA125 value was normal at the time of surgery (OR 3.54, 95% CI: 1.14-11.05, p = 0.029). CONCLUSIONS Women with pCR after NACT have significantly longer RFS compared to those with residual viable tumor at the time of interval tumor-reductive surgery, and CA125 is plausible biomarker for identifying these extreme responders preoperatively.
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- Christopher J LaFargue
- Department of Gynecologic Oncology and Reproductive Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, United States of America
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- Department of Gynecologic Oncology and Reproductive Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, United States of America
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- Department of Gynecologic Oncology and Reproductive Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, United States of America
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- Department of Gynecologic Oncology and Reproductive Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, United States of America
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- Department of Gynecologic Oncology and Reproductive Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, United States of America
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- Department of Biostatistics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, United States of America
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- Department of Gynecologic Oncology, Stephenson Cancer Center, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, United States of America
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- Department of Gynecologic Oncology, Saitama Medical University International Medical Center, Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Gynecologic Oncology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States of America
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- Department of Gynecologic Oncology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States of America
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- Department of Gynecologic Oncology, Stephenson Cancer Center, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, United States of America
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- Department of Gynecologic Oncology and Reproductive Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, United States of America
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- Department of Gynecologic Oncology and Reproductive Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, United States of America
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- Department of Gynecologic Oncology and Reproductive Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, United States of America
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- Department of Gynecologic Oncology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States of America
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- Department of Gynecologic Oncology, A.C. Camargo Cancer Center, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Gynecologic Oncology, Saitama Medical University International Medical Center, Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Gynecologic Oncology, Stephenson Cancer Center, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, United States of America
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- Department of Gynecologic Oncology and Reproductive Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, United States of America.
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Digital pathology and artificial intelligence in translational medicine and clinical practice. Mod Pathol 2022; 35:23-32. [PMID: 34611303 PMCID: PMC8491759 DOI: 10.1038/s41379-021-00919-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 179] [Impact Index Per Article: 89.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2021] [Revised: 08/18/2021] [Accepted: 08/30/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Traditional pathology approaches have played an integral role in the delivery of diagnosis, semi-quantitative or qualitative assessment of protein expression, and classification of disease. Technological advances and the increased focus on precision medicine have recently paved the way for the development of digital pathology-based approaches for quantitative pathologic assessments, namely whole slide imaging and artificial intelligence (AI)-based solutions, allowing us to explore and extract information beyond human visual perception. Within the field of immuno-oncology, the application of such methodologies in drug development and translational research have created invaluable opportunities for deciphering complex pathophysiology and the discovery of novel biomarkers and drug targets. With an increasing number of treatment options available for any given disease, practitioners face the growing challenge of selecting the most appropriate treatment for each patient. The ever-increasing utilization of AI-based approaches substantially expands our understanding of the tumor microenvironment, with digital approaches to patient stratification and selection for diagnostic assays supporting the identification of the optimal treatment regimen based on patient profiles. This review provides an overview of the opportunities and limitations around implementing AI-based methods in biomarker discovery and patient selection and discusses how advances in digital pathology and AI should be considered in the current landscape of translational medicine, touching on challenges this technology may face if adopted in clinical settings. The traditional role of pathologists in delivering accurate diagnoses or assessing biomarkers for companion diagnostics may be enhanced in precision, reproducibility, and scale by AI-powered analysis tools.
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Liontos M, Andrikopoulou A, Koutsoukos K, Markellos C, Skafida E, Fiste O, Kaparelou M, Thomakos N, Haidopoulos D, Rodolakis A, Dimopoulos MA, Zagouri F. Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio and chemotherapy response score as prognostic markers in ovarian cancer patients treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy. J Ovarian Res 2021; 14:148. [PMID: 34724958 PMCID: PMC8561989 DOI: 10.1186/s13048-021-00902-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2021] [Accepted: 10/13/2021] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACT) followed by interval debulking surgery (IDS) is the recommended approach in patients with advanced epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC). However, most patients eventually relapse despite the initial high response rate to chemotherapy. Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio is a well-known biomarker that reflects severe inflammation, critical illness, and mortality in various diseases. Chemotherapy response score (CRS) and neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) have been identified as potential biomarkers of platinum resistance and disease prognosis. We retrospectively evaluated 132 patients with stage IIIc or IV ovarian/fallopian tube/primary peritoneal cancer who had received NACT followed by IDS from 01/01/2003 to 31/12/2018. CRS was assessed on omental specimens collected from IDS according to ICCR guidelines. RESULTS Median age was 64.57 years (SD: 9.72; range 39.2-87.1). Most ovarian tumors were serous epithelial (90.9%; 120/132). An elevated NLR (defined as > 3) was observed in 72% (95/132) of patients in contrast with 28% (37/132) of patients characterized by low NLR status. Median PFS (mPFS) and median overall survival (mOS) were 13.05 months (95% CI: 11.42-14.67)) and 34.69 months (95% CI: 23.26-46.12) respectively. In univariate analysis, CRS3 score was significantly associated with prolonged mPFS (CRS1/2: 12.79 months vs CRS3: 17.7 months; P = 0.008). CRS score was not associated with mOS (P = 0.876). High NLR was not significantly associated with mPFS (P = 0.128), however it was significantly associated with poor mOS (P = 0.012). In multivariate analysis, only performance of surgery maintained its statistical significance with both PFS (P = 0.001) and OS (P = 0.008). CONCLUSION NLR could serve as a useful predictor of OS but not PFS in ovarian cancer patients receiving NACT. In accordance with our previous study, CRS score at omentum was found to be associated with PFS but not OS in ovarian cancer patients treated with NACT and IDS.
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- M Liontos
- Department of Clinical Therapeutics, Alexandra General Hospital, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
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- Department of Clinical Therapeutics, Alexandra General Hospital, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Clinical Therapeutics, Alexandra General Hospital, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Clinical Therapeutics, Alexandra General Hospital, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Clinical Therapeutics, Alexandra General Hospital, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Clinical Therapeutics, Alexandra General Hospital, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Clinical Therapeutics, Alexandra General Hospital, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Alexandra General Hospital, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Alexandra General Hospital, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Alexandra General Hospital, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Clinical Therapeutics, Alexandra General Hospital, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Clinical Therapeutics, Alexandra General Hospital, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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Kaya R, Takanashi H, Nakajima A, Saito R, Yamaguchi N, Morimoto K, Isonishi S. Prognostic significance of Ki67 during neoadjuvant chemotherapy in primary unresectable ovarian cancer. J Obstet Gynaecol Res 2021; 47:3979-3989. [PMID: 34396646 DOI: 10.1111/jog.14981] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2021] [Revised: 07/14/2021] [Accepted: 07/30/2021] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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AIM The purpose of this study was to investigate whether the Ki67 values were associated with survival for predicting prognosis in patients with advanced ovarian cancer receiving neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACT). METHODS Among 17 patients treated with NACT, 13 patients were available for tissue samples from matched pre- and post-therapy tissues. Ki67 scores were transformed to a logarithmic scale for the statistical analyses. The optimal cutoff values of the log-phase Ki67 were assessed by receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis. Kaplan-Meier analysis, the log-rank test, and Cox regression analysis were carried out to analyze survival. RESULTS The Ki67-decrease and post-NACT Ki67 were the independent factors associated with relapse-free survival (RFS) (p < 0.001 and p = 0.003). No association was observed on overall survival. The optimal cutoff values for the Ki67-decrease and the post-NACT Ki67 were 6.67% and 5.46 based on ROC where the area under ROC curves (AUC) were 1.00 (p < 0.001) with the 100% sensitivity and specificity. The median RFS was 537 days in patients showing Ki67-decrease >6.66% or post-NACT Ki67 level <5.46, while it was 224 days in those with Ki67 decrease ≤6.66% or post-NACT Ki67 level ≥5.46 (p = 0.001). CONCLUSIONS The Ki67-decrease and the lower post-NACT Ki67 are independent factors associated with favorable RFS, indicating that they could be precise biomarker candidates for prognosis in NACT-administered patients with advanced ovarian cancer.
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- Ryusuke Kaya
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Marchetti C, Tudisco R, Salutari V, Pietragalla A, Scambia G, Fagotti A. Neoadjuvant chemoteraphy in unresectable ovarian cancer with olaparib and weekly carboplatin plus paclitaxel: a phase II, open label multicenter study (NUVOLA trial). Int J Gynecol Cancer 2021; 31:1175-1178. [PMID: 34131041 DOI: 10.1136/ijgc-2021-002727] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/27/2021] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Neoadjuvant chemotherapy with interval debulking surgery represents an alternative treatment for advanced ovarian cancer. Currently, there are few data about the use of poly adenosine diphosphate-ribose polymerase inhibitors in the neoadjuvant setting. PRIMARY OBJECTIVE To evaluate whether the administration of olaparib in combination with standard chemotherapy in the neoadjuvant setting can improve tumor response. STUDY HYPOTHESIS The addition of a poly adenosine diphosphate-ribose polymerase inhibitor to standard chemotherapy will achieve a higher response rate in BRCA mutated patients compared with standard chemotherapy TRIAL DESIGN: This is a multicenter, phase II, single arm, open label trial. Eligible patients will receive three cycles of weekly carboplatin plus paclitaxel, and intermittent olaparib administration. Responding patients will undergo an interval debulking surgery with pathological evaluation of response to chemotherapy. MAJOR ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA Patients must have histologically confirmed International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics stages III-IV primary ovarian, peritoneal, or fallopian tube cancers, high grade serous or endometrioid histology, not suitable for primary cytoreductive surgery with a documented BRCA1 or BRCA2 germline and/or somatic mutation. PRIMARY ENDPOINT Rate of complete pathological response after three cycles of the experimental chemotherapy regimen. SAMPLE SIZE A total of 35 patients will be enrolled in the study. ESTIMATED DATES FOR COMPLETING ACCRUAL AND PRESENTING RESULTS Expected complete 42 accrual in January 2022, with presentation of results by June 2022. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER NCT04261465.
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- Claudia Marchetti
- Department of Woman, Child and Public Health, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Woman, Child and Public Health, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Woman, Child and Public Health, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Woman, Child and Public Health, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Woman, Child and Public Health, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Woman, Child and Public Health, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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Evaluation of Beta-Catenin Subcellular Localization and Water Channel Protein AQP1 Expression as Predictive Markers of Chemo-Resistance in Ovarian High-Grade Serous Carcinoma: Comparative Study between Preoperative Peritoneal Biopsies and Surgical Samples. Diagnostics (Basel) 2021; 11:diagnostics11030452. [PMID: 33807998 PMCID: PMC8000296 DOI: 10.3390/diagnostics11030452] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2021] [Revised: 03/02/2021] [Accepted: 03/03/2021] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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Background. Mutations of the β-catenin gene (CTNNB1), leading to aberrant immunohistochemical expression of β-catenin, represent a key mechanism of WNT/β-catenin pathway alteration in ovarian cancer. Aquaporin 1 (AQP1), as component of transmembrane-water-channel family proteins, has been documented in different human tumors and, recently, also in ovarian carcinoma. Only few studies have investigated the pathogenetic and prognostic role of β-catenin and AQP1 in ovarian carcinoma. Methods. We evaluated the expression of β-catenin and AQP1 in the preoperative peritoneal biopsies of 32 patients with peritoneal carcinosis, in which a histological diagnosis of high grade serous ovarian carcinoma was made. Furthermore, we have investigated their potential association with chemotherapeutic response evaluated at the omental site, as well as with clinico-pathological parameters. Results. Sixteen cases showed an aberrant membranous and cytoplasmic β-catenin staining pattern. The remaining 16 cases showed a preserved β-catenin expression localized only in cell membranes; 20 cases showed positive membranous staining (AQP1+), while 12 cases were considered negative (AQP1–). In the AQP+ group, we detected a significant association of AQP1 expression with poor chemotherapy response in omental tissues complete response score (CRS) 1-2, while a CRS 3 was never observed in all positive cases. Conclusions. Our findings suggest that β-catenin and AQP1 are expressed in a sub-group of ovarian tumors and play important roles in carcinogenesis. Patients affected by high grade serous carcinoma could be categorized in two different predictive groups: as AQP+ and AQP–. AQP+ cases may represent a subset of poor responders who could be considered more eligible for cytoreductive surgery rather than for neoadjuvant chemotherapy.
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Marrelli D, Petrioli R, Cassetti D, D'Ignazio A, Marsili S, Mazzei MA, Lazzi S, Roviello F. A novel treatment protocol with 6 cycles of neoadjuvant chemotherapy followed by cytoreductive surgery and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) in stage III primary ovarian cancer. Surg Oncol 2021; 37:101523. [PMID: 33545658 DOI: 10.1016/j.suronc.2021.101523] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2020] [Revised: 11/24/2020] [Accepted: 01/25/2021] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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BACKGROUND Few prospective studies investigated neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC), interval cytoreductive surgery (CRS) and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) in advanced ovarian cancer. We report the results of a phase II study where 6 rather than 3 cycles of NAC, followed by CRS and HIPEC, were adopted (HIPEC_ovaio, EudraCT number 2007-005674-31). MATERIALS AND METHODS Between 2007 and 2014, 56 patients with stage III primary ovarian cancer and peritoneal carcinomatosis were assigned to 6 cycles of platinum and taxane-based NAC. Of these, two had progression, 8 underwent palliative surgery, and 46 had CRS and HIPEC. RESULTS A complete pathological response was observed in 9 patients. Of 46 patients who completed the treatment protocol, 29 had no macroscopic residual tumor. Postoperative grade III morbidity rate was 28.2%; no grade IV complications or mortality events were observed. Five-year overall survival (OS) of the entire series was 36 ± 7% (median: 36, 95% CI: 26-45 months). In 46 patients treated by CRS and HIPEC, 5-year OS was 42 ± 8% (median: 53, 95% CI: 29-76 months), and 5-year progression-free survival was 26 ± 7% (median: 23, 95% CI: 19-27 months). Completeness of cytoreduction, peritoneal cancer index and FIGO stage resulted as significant prognostic factors. CONCLUSIONS A novel protocol consisting of 6 cycles of NAC, followed by CRS and HIPEC, is associated with notable improvement in peritoneal carcinomatosis, limited postoperative morbidity risk and high survival rates in responders, and could deserve further investigations in randomized clinical trials.
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- Daniele Marrelli
- Department of Medicine, Surgery and Neuroscience, Unit of General Surgery and Surgical Oncology, University of Siena, Italy.
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- Department of Oncology, Unit of Medical Oncology, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Senese, Italy
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- Department of Medicine, Surgery and Neuroscience, Unit of General Surgery and Surgical Oncology, University of Siena, Italy
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- Department of Medicine, Surgery and Neuroscience, Unit of General Surgery and Surgical Oncology, University of Siena, Italy
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- Department of Oncology, Unit of Medical Oncology, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Senese, Italy
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- Department of Medicine, Surgery and Neuroscience, Unit of Diagnostic Imaging, University of Siena, Italy
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- Department of Medical Biotechnologies, Unit of Pathology, University of Siena, Italy
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- Department of Medicine, Surgery and Neuroscience, Unit of General Surgery and Surgical Oncology, University of Siena, Italy
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Moschetta M, Boussios S, Rassy E, Samartzis EP, Funingana G, Uccello M. Neoadjuvant treatment for newly diagnosed advanced ovarian cancer: where do we stand and where are we going? ANNALS OF TRANSLATIONAL MEDICINE 2020; 8:1710. [PMID: 33490222 PMCID: PMC7812234 DOI: 10.21037/atm-20-1683] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Newly diagnosed high grade serous epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) patients are treated with radical surgery followed by adjuvant platinum and taxane combination chemotherapy. In EOC patients where upfront surgery is contraindicated for medical reasons (e.g., comorbidities or poor performance status), or where complete cytoreduction cannot be achieved, neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACT) prior to interval debulking surgery (IDS), and adjuvant chemotherapy is an alternative therapeutic option. There is currently a lack of consensus about who are the best candidates to receive NACT, and some authors have even suggested that this approach could be harmful in a subset of patients via promotion of early chemoresistance. Standard and novel imaging techniques together with a better molecular characterization of the disease have the potential to improve selection of patients, but ultimately well designed randomised clinical trials are needed to guide treatment decisions in this setting. The advent of new and effective treatment options (antiangiogenics and PARP inhibitors), now approved for use in the first line and relapse settings has opened the way to clinical trials aiming to investigate these agents as substitute or in addition to chemotherapy in the neoadjuvant setting in molecularly selected EOC patients. Here, we will review the evidence supporting the use of NACT in newly diagnosed EOCs, data highlighting the importance of its use in selected patients, new imaging methodologies and biomarkers that can guide patient selection.
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Medway NHS Foundation Trust, Gillingham, Kent, UK.,AELIA Organization, 9th Km Thessaloniki-Thermi, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Department of Cancer Medicine, Gustave Roussy Institut, Villejuif, France.,Department of Hematology-Oncology, Hotel Dieu de France University Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Saint Joseph University, Beirut, Lebanon
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- Department of Gynecology, University Hospital Zurich, Frauenklinikstrasse 10, CH-8091, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust, Cliftonville, Northampton, UK
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Chung YS, Kim HS, Lee JY, Kang WJ, Nam EJ, Kim S, Kim SW, Kim YT. Early Assessment of Response to Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy with 18F-FDG-PET/CT in Patients with Advanced-Stage Ovarian Cancer. Cancer Res Treat 2020; 52:1211-1218. [PMID: 32599990 PMCID: PMC7577806 DOI: 10.4143/crt.2019.506] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2019] [Accepted: 04/27/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Purpose The aim of this study was to evaluate the ability of sequential 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (18F-FDG-PET/CT) after one cycle of neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) to predict chemotherapy response before interval debulking surgery (IDS) in advanced-stage ovarian cancer patients. Materials and Methods Forty consecutive patients underwent 18F-FDG-PET/CT at baseline and after one cycle of NAC. Metabolic responses were assessed by quantitative decrease in the maximum standardized uptake value (SUVmax) with PET/CT. Decreases in SUVmax were compared with cancer antigen 125 (CA-125) level before IDS, response rate by Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors criteria before IDS, residual tumor at IDS, and I chemotherapy response score (CRS) at IDS. Results A 40% cut-off for the decrease in SUVmax provided the best performance to predict CRS 3 (compete or near-complete pathologic response), with sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy of 81.8%, 72.4%, and 72.4%, respectively. According to this 40% cut-off, there were 17 (42.5%) metabolic responders (≥ 40%) and 23 (57.5%) metabolic non-responders (< 40%). Metabolic responders had higher rate of CRS 3 (52.9% vs. 8.7%, p=0.003), CA-125 normalization (< 35 U/mL) before IDS (76.5% vs. 39.1%, p=0.019), and no residual tumor at IDS (70.6% vs. 31.8%, p=0.025) compared with metabolic non-responders. There were significant associations with progression-free survival (p=0.021) between metabolic responders and non-responders, but not overall survival (p=0.335). Conclusion Early assessment with 18F-FDG-PET/CT after one cycle of NAC can be useful to predic response to chemotherapy before IDS in patients with advanced-stage ovarian cancer.
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- Young Shin Chung
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Institute of Women's Life Medical Science, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Pathology and Translational Genomics, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Institute of Women's Life Medical Science, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Institute of Women's Life Medical Science, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Institute of Women's Life Medical Science, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Institute of Women's Life Medical Science, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Institute of Women's Life Medical Science, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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Dabi Y, Huchon C, Ouldamer L, Bendifallah S, Collinet P, Bricou A, Daraï E, Ballester M, Lavoue V, Haddad B, Touboul C. Patients with stage IV epithelial ovarian cancer: understanding the determinants of survival. J Transl Med 2020; 18:134. [PMID: 32293460 PMCID: PMC7087387 DOI: 10.1186/s12967-020-02295-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2019] [Accepted: 03/11/2020] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Background The most appropriate management for patients with stage IV ovarian cancer remains unclear. Our objective was to understand the main determinants associated with survival and to discuss best surgical management. Methods Data of 1038 patients with confirmed ovarian cancer treated between 1996 and 2016 were extracted from maintained databases of 7 French referral gynecologic oncology institutions. Patients with stage IV diseases were selected for further analysis. The Kaplan–Meier method was used to estimate the survival distribution. A Cox proportional hazards model including all the parameters statistically significant in univariable analysis, was used to account for the influence of multiple variables. Results Two hundred and eight patients met our inclusion criteria: 65 (31.3%) never underwent debulking surgery, 52 (25%) underwent primary debulking surgery (PDS) and 91 (43.8%) neoadjuvant chemotherapy and interval debulking surgery (NACT-IDS). Patients not operated had a significantly worse overall survival than patients that underwent PDS or NACT–IDS (p < 0.001). In multivariable analysis, three factors were independent predictors of survival: upfront surgery (HR 0.32 95% CI 0.14–0.71, p = 0.005), postoperative residual disease = 0 (HR 0.37 95% CI 0.18–0.75, p = 0.006) and association of Carboplatin and Paclitaxel regimen (HR 0.45 95% CI 0.25–0.80, p = 0.007). Conclusions Presence of distant metastases should not refrain surgeons from performing radical procedures, whenever the patient is able to tolerate. Maximal surgical efforts should be done to minimize residual disease as it is the main determinant of survival.
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- Yohann Dabi
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal, Faculté de médecine de Créteil UPEC-Paris XII, Créteil, France
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- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Intercommunal Hospital Centre of Poissy - Saint Germain - en - Laye, 78103, Poissy, France
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Centre hospitalier régional universitaire de Tours, hôpital Bretonneau, Tours, France
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- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Tenon University Hospital, Assistance Publique, Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) des, University Pierre and Marie Curie, Paris 6, Institut Universitaire de Cancérologie (IUC), Paris, France
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire, Lille, France
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Jean-Verdier University Hospital, Assistance Publique, Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) des, Paris, France
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- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Tenon University Hospital, Assistance Publique, Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) des, University Pierre and Marie Curie, Paris 6, Institut Universitaire de Cancérologie (IUC), Paris, France
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- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Tenon University Hospital, Assistance Publique, Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) des, University Pierre and Marie Curie, Paris 6, Institut Universitaire de Cancérologie (IUC), Paris, France
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- CRLCC Eugène-Marquis, Department of Gynecology, CHU de Rennes, Université de Rennes 1, Rennes, France
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal, Faculté de médecine de Créteil UPEC-Paris XII, Créteil, France
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal, Faculté de médecine de Créteil UPEC-Paris XII, Créteil, France. .,Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Tenon University Hospital, Assistance Publique, Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) des, University Pierre and Marie Curie, Paris 6, Institut Universitaire de Cancérologie (IUC), Paris, France. .,Service de Gynécologie Obstétrique, Hôpital Intercommunal de Créteil, 40 Avenue de Verdun, Créteil, 94000, France.
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Pathologic chemotherapy response score in epithelial ovarian cancer: Surgical, genetic, and survival considerations. Surg Oncol 2020; 34:40-45. [PMID: 32891351 DOI: 10.1016/j.suronc.2020.03.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2019] [Revised: 02/04/2020] [Accepted: 03/05/2020] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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OBJECTIVE A pathologic chemotherapy response score (CRS) is used to grade ovarian cancer response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACT). We evaluated the prognostic significance of the CRS in a single institution cohort. METHODS A retrospective review of all consecutive epithelial ovarian cancer patients undergoing interval debulking surgery (IDS) after NACT from 2016 to 2017 were included. Clinical, pathologic, surgical, outcomes, and genetic data were abstracted from medical records. CRS was assigned by pathology based on a section of omentum as follows: 1 = minimal response, 2 = moderate response, and 3 = near complete response. RESULTS Among the 50 subjects, 14 (28%) were classified as CRS1, 29 (58%) as CRS2, and 7 (14%) as CRS3. The majority of patients were diagnosed with high grade serous histology (94%). Most women in this cohort underwent either an optimal or complete cytoreduction to no gross residual disease (96%). Women in the CRS2 group were most likely to have a pathogenic variant (51.7%) while those in the CRS1 were least likely (7.1%). Most women recurred regardless of CRS. CRS was not associated with progression-free survival (log-rank p = 0.82) or overall survival (log-rank p = 0.30). CONCLUSIONS Though previous data support the use of CRS as a prognostic indicator, we failed to show a correlation between CRS and survival in our continuous single institution cohort. The high rate of optimal debulking across all CRS groups in this study may mitigate the prognostic significance of the scoring system. Nevertheless, tumors that respond poorly to traditional chemotherapy should remain of avid interest for potential novel therapies.
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Chemotherapy-associated foam cell aggregates as a prognostic factor in patients with pelvic high-grade serous carcinoma receiving neo-adjuvant chemotherapy. Virchows Arch 2020; 477:429-436. [PMID: 32103350 DOI: 10.1007/s00428-020-02778-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/25/2019] [Revised: 01/28/2020] [Accepted: 02/13/2020] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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High-grade serous carcinoma (HGSC) tends to recur after treatment; therefore, the Chemotherapy Response Score (CRS) has been proposed as a histopathological prognostic scoring system for measuring the response to neo-adjuvant chemotherapy and the risk of recurrence. This study aimed to evaluate the CRS in only those with an R0 debulking status and to investigate new prognostic factors for progression-free survival (PFS). We reviewed the CRS of HGSC patients with R0 using surgical specimens of the omental sections. Patients were categorized according to foam cell change (FCC), defined as foam cells occupying more than half of the area of the chemotherapy-associated scar. In total, 100 HGSC patients were evaluated. PFS was significantly different according to the CRS. For CRSs of 1/2 and 3, the median PFS were 18 and 27 months, respectively (HR, 1.84; 95% CI 1.01-3.33, p = 0.045). Moreover, the FCC group showed significantly longer PFS than did the non-FCC group (20 vs 59 months; HR 2.43; 95% CI 1.15-5.14; p = 0.020). The present study validated the CRS of those in the R0 cohort. Furthermore, an increase in foam cells in the regression scar reflects the chemotherapy response and the FCC may be a useful novel prognostic factor for patients undergoing R0 resection. This finding must be further validated independently.
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Ghirardi V, Moruzzi MC, Bizzarri N, Vargiu V, D'Indinosante M, Garganese G, Pasciuto T, Loverro M, Scambia G, Fagotti A. Minimal residual disease at primary debulking surgery versus complete tumor resection at interval debulking surgery in advanced epithelial ovarian cancer: A survival analysis. Gynecol Oncol 2020; 157:209-213. [PMID: 31952843 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2020.01.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2019] [Revised: 12/31/2019] [Accepted: 01/06/2020] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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OBJECTIVES To compare survival outcomes and peri-operative complications in patients with advanced ovarian cancer with 1-10 mm residual disease (RD) at primary debulking surgery (PDS) versus those achieving no gross residual disease (NGR) at interval debulking surgery (IDS). METHODS Patients operated with the intent of complete cytoreduction for epithelial ovarian/fallopian tube/primary peritoneal cancer, FIGO stage IIIC-IV, RD 1-10 mm at PDS and NGR at IDS, between 01/2010 and 12/2016, were retrospectively included. All patients had at least 2-years of follow-up completed. RESULTS 207 patients were included (59 PDS and 148 IDS). Patients in PDS group were younger and had a higher surgical complexity score. There was a higher rate of intra- and major early post-operative complications in the group of PDS vs IDS (16.9% vs 1.3% and 28.8% vs 2.0%, p < 0.0001 respectively). After a median follow up of 56.4 months (range 59.2-65.4), 117 (56.5%) patients died of disease in the whole population. Forty-eight (81.4%) patients had progression/recurrent disease in the PDS group and 120 (81.1%) in the IDS group. Median PFS was 16.2 months and 18.9 months for PDS and IDS group, respectively (p = 0.111). Median OS was 41.4 months and 52.4 months for PDS and IDS group, respectively (p = 0.022). CONCLUSIONS IDS should be considered the preferred treatment in case millimetric residual disease is expected at PDS in view of the superimposable PFS and the reduced number of perioperative complications.
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- V Ghirardi
- Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli - IRCCS, Rome, Italy; Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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- Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli - IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli - IRCCS, Rome, Italy; Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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- Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli - IRCCS, Rome, Italy; Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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- Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli - IRCCS, Rome, Italy; Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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- Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy; Gynecology and Breast Care Center, Mater Olbia Hospital, Olbia, Italy
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- Statistics Technology Archiving Research (STAR) Center, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli - IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli - IRCCS, Rome, Italy; Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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- Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli - IRCCS, Rome, Italy; Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy.
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- Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli - IRCCS, Rome, Italy; Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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Casey L, Singh N. Ovarian High-Grade Serous Carcinoma: Assessing Pathology for Site of Origin, Staging and Post-neoadjuvant Chemotherapy Changes. Surg Pathol Clin 2019; 12:515-528. [PMID: 31097113 DOI: 10.1016/j.path.2019.01.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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High-grade serous (HGSC) stands apart from the other ovarian cancer histotypes in being the most frequent, in occurring as part of a genetic predisposition in a significant proportion of cases, and in having the poorest clinical outcomes. Although the pathologic diagnosis of HGSC is now made with high accuracy, there remain areas of disagreement regarding viewpoints on tissue site of origin and designation of primary site, with impact on staging in low-stage cases, as well as difficulties in reproducible and clinically relevant reporting of HGSC in specimens taken after neoadjuvant chemotherapy. These areas are discussed in the current article.
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- Laura Casey
- Department of Pathology, Queen's Hospital, Rom Valley Way, Romford RM7 0AG, UK
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- Department of Cellular Pathology, Barts Health NHS Trust, The Royal London Hospital, 2nd Floor, 80 Newark Street, London E1 2ES, UK.
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Zorzato PC, Zannoni GF, Tudisco R, Pasciuto T, Di Giorgio A, Franchi M, Scambia G, Fagotti A. External validation of a 'response score' after neoadjuvant chemotherapy in patients with high-grade serous ovarian carcinoma with complete clinical response. Int J Gynecol Cancer 2019; 30:67-73. [PMID: 31754067 DOI: 10.1136/ijgc-2019-000561] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2019] [Revised: 08/03/2019] [Accepted: 08/23/2019] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVES The chemotherapy response score (CRS) has been developed for measuring response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy in tubo-ovarian high-grade serous carcinoma. This study aimed to validate the ability of this three-tier scoring system of pathologic response on omental specimens to determine prognosis in a subgroups of patients who had clinical complete response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy. METHODS This was a retrospective study, conducted in women receiving interval debulking surgery at the Division of Gynecologic Oncology, between December 2007 and April 2017. Inclusion criteria were: high-grade serous ovarian cancer, FIGO stage IIIC/IV, platinum-based neoadjuvant chemotherapy, and clinical complete response after neoadjuvant chemotherapy (normalization in CA125 levels, disappearance of all target and non-target lesions according to RECIST 1.1). CRS was defined by a single pathology review and classified as previously reported: CRS1, no or minimal tumor response with fibroinflammatory changes limited to a few foci ranging from multifocal or diffuse regression-associated fibroinflammatory changes with viable tumor in sheets, or nodules to extensive regression-associated fibroinflammatory changes with multifocal residual tumor; CRS2, appreciable tumor response with viable tumor readily identifiable; and CRS3, complete absence of tumor or nodules with maximum size of 2 mm. CRS was analyzed according to clinical variables and survival. RESULTS A total of 108 patients were eligible for analysis. The average age was 65 (range 36-85) years. A total of 91 (84.3%) patients had stage IIIC disease and 17 (15.7%) patients had stage IV disease. No statistically significant differences were observed in terms of age, FIGO stage, CA125 serum levels, type of chemotherapy schedules, and number of cycles between the three groups. Patients in the CRS3 group had a longer median progression-free survival (25.8 months) compared with CRS2 or CRS 1 (20.3 vs 17.4 months, respectively; p=0.001). Median overall survival was 68.9 months for CRS3, 35.0 months for CRS2, and 45.9 months for CRS1 (p=0.034). CONCLUSION Complete or near-complete pathologic response assessed in the omental specimens of advanced epithelial ovarian carcinoma patients after neoadjuvant chemotherapy (CRS3) is predictive of prolonged progression-free and overall survival. In particular, this is true in women with a clinical complete response.
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- Pier Carlo Zorzato
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ospedale degli Infermi, Ponderano (BI), Biella, Italy
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- Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Pathology Division, Department of Woman, Child and Public Health, Rome, Italy
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- Obstetrics and Gynecology, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy
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- Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Statistics Technology Archiving Research (STAR) Center, Department of Woman, Child and Public Health, Rome, Italy
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- Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Division of Peritoneal and Retroperitoneal Surgery, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, AOUI Verona, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
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- Dipartimento Scienze della Salute della Donna e del Bambino, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Roma, Italy
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- Dipartimento Scienze della Salute della Donna e del Bambino, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Roma, Italy
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Gao Y, Li Y, Zhang C, Han J, Liang H, Zhang K, Guo H. Evaluating the benefits of neoadjuvant chemotherapy for advanced epithelial ovarian cancer: a retrospective study. J Ovarian Res 2019; 12:85. [PMID: 31519183 PMCID: PMC6744704 DOI: 10.1186/s13048-019-0562-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2019] [Accepted: 09/02/2019] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Objective To compare the chemoresistance and survival in patients with stage IIIC or IV epithelial ovarian cancer who were treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACT) followed by interval debulking surgery (IDS) or primary debulking surgery (PDS). The clinical characteristics of patients who benefited from NACT were further evaluated. Methods We retrospectively analyzed 220 patients who underwent NACT followed by IDS or PDS from January 2002 to December 2016. Differences in clinicopathological features, chemoresistance and prognosis were analyzed. Results The incidence rate for optimal cytoreduction and chemoresistance in the NACT group was relatively higher than PDS group. No differences were observed in progression free survival or overall survival. Patients without macroscopic RD in NACT group (NACT-R0) had a similar prognosis compared to those in PDS group who had RD<1 cm, and a relatively better prognosis compared to the PDS group that had RD ≥ 1 cm. The survival curve showed that patients in NACT-R0 group that were chemosensitive seemed to have a better prognosis compared to patients in PDS group that had RD. Conclusion Patients without RD after PDS had the best prognosis, whereas patients with RD after NACT followed by IDS had the worst. However, even if patients achieved no RD, their prognosis varied depending on chemosensitivity. Survival was better in patients who were chemosensitive compared to thosewho underwent PDS but had RD. Hence evaluating the chemosensitivity and feasibility of complete cytoreduction in advance is crucial.
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- Yan Gao
- Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Peking University Third Hospital, No. 49 Huayuan North Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100191, China
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- Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Peking University Third Hospital, No. 49 Huayuan North Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100191, China
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- Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Peking University Third Hospital, No. 49 Huayuan North Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100191, China
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- Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Peking University Third Hospital, No. 49 Huayuan North Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100191, China
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- Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Peking University Third Hospital, No. 49 Huayuan North Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100191, China
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- Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Peking University Third Hospital, No. 49 Huayuan North Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100191, China
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- Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Peking University Third Hospital, No. 49 Huayuan North Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100191, China.
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Liang MI, Prendergast EN, Staples JN, Holschneider CH, Cohen JG, Cass I. Prognostic role of pathologic response and cytoreductive status at interval debulking surgery after neoadjuvant chemotherapy for advanced epithelial ovarian cancer. J Surg Oncol 2019; 120:779-785. [PMID: 31283034 DOI: 10.1002/jso.25612] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2019] [Accepted: 06/16/2019] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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BACKGROUND We sought to determine if complete pathologic response (cPR) and cytoreductive status at interval debulking surgery (IDS) after neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACT) are associated with improved clinical outcomes in ovarian cancer. METHODS We evaluated 91 patients with advanced ovarian cancer who underwent NACT and IDS. Pathologic response, cytoreductive status, and outcomes were determined. Descriptive statistics, bivariate analysis, and Kaplan-Meier survival probabilities were calculated. RESULTS cPR occurred in 9 (10%), microscopic pathologic response (microPR) in 18 (20%), and macroscopic pathologic response (macroPR) in 64 (70%) patients. Median progression-free survival (PFS) for patients with cPR was significantly improved compared with patients with any pathologic residual disease (microPR/macroPR; undefined vs 10.9 months, P = .01); whereas, microPR was not associated with significantly improved PFS compared with macroPR (16.3 months vs 10 months, P = .08). Cytoreduction to no gross residual disease was associated with improved PFS (undefined vs 7.5 months vs 5.5 months, P < .01) and overall survival (undefined vs 38.7 months vs 12 months, P < .01) compared with visible residual disease less than or equal to 1 cm or suboptimal. CONCLUSIONS cPR is uncommon (10%) after NACT for advanced ovarian cancer. Better pathologic response and cytoreductive status are associated with improved PFS, emphasizing the importance of both chemotherapy response and surgical effort.
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- Margaret I Liang
- Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California
- Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of California Los Angeles Medical Center, Los Angeles, California
- Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Olive View Hospital-University of California Los Angeles Medical Center, Sylmar, California
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- Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California
- Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of California Los Angeles Medical Center, Los Angeles, California
- Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Olive View Hospital-University of California Los Angeles Medical Center, Sylmar, California
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- Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California
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- Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Olive View Hospital-University of California Los Angeles Medical Center, Sylmar, California
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- Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of California Los Angeles Medical Center, Los Angeles, California
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- Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California
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Santoro A, Angelico G, Piermattei A, Inzani F, Valente M, Arciuolo D, Spadola S, Mulè A, Zorzato P, Fagotti A, Scambia G, Zannoni GF. Pathological Chemotherapy Response Score in Patients Affected by High Grade Serous Ovarian Carcinoma: The Prognostic Role of Omental and Ovarian Residual Disease. Front Oncol 2019; 9:778. [PMID: 31482065 PMCID: PMC6709655 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2019.00778] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2019] [Accepted: 07/31/2019] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Background: The chemotherapy response score (CRS) has emerged as a simple and reproducible histopathological grading system for assessing chemotherapy response in patients affected by ovarian high-grade serous carcinoma. Objective: To evaluate the prognostic impact of histological tumor response in ovarian and omental surgical specimens from patients with advanced stage ovarian high-grade serous carcinoma. Study Design: A cohort of 161 women were identified from the database of Department of Gynecology, “Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS” of Rome, Italy between January 2014 and December 2017 with a follow-up of 65 months. All the omentum, the ovarian tissue and peritoneal samples, defined as “other sites,” were reviewed by gynecological pathologists to assign a CRS of 1–3 to the omentum and ovarian sites and a score of 0–1 to the peritoneal tissue. The Cox proportional hazards regression and the log-rank test were used to assess the survival pattern and the prognostic value of the CRS adjusting for age and stage. The Kaplan-Meier method was applied to estimate the progression free and overall survival. Results: The evaluation of adnexal disease showed significant differences in PFS, both in univariate and in multivariate analyses. On PFS univariate analysis, ovCRS1 vs. ovCRS3: HR, 2.27; 95% CI, 1.37–3.77; p = 0.001; ovCRS2 vs. ovCRS3: HR, 1.83; 95% CI, 1.03–3.23; p = 0.04, and on PFS multivariate model ovCRS1 vs. ovCRS3; HR, 2.53; 95% CI, 1.5–4.24; p = 0.001 and ovCRS2 vs. ovCRS3; HR, 1.90; 95% CI, 1.08–3.37; p = 0.03. Regarding the omental residual disease, as expected, CRS showed a significant prognostic value for OS and PFS; in detail the median PFS of patients with CRS1, 2 and 3 was 15, 15, and 22 months, respectively, the median OS was 41 and >50 months, respectively. Moreover, the univariate analysis for OS suggested that in our cohort the “other sites” score of 0 was significantly associated with an improvement in overall survival compared to score 1. Conclusions: We demonstrated for the first time the prognostic significance of adnexal CRS confirming also the prognostic role of omental CRS.
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- Angela Santoro
- Unità di Gineco-patologia e Patologia Mammaria, Dipartimento Scienze della Salute della Donna, del Bambino e di Sanità Pubblica, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Unità di Gineco-patologia e Patologia Mammaria, Dipartimento Scienze della Salute della Donna, del Bambino e di Sanità Pubblica, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Unità di Gineco-patologia e Patologia Mammaria, Dipartimento Scienze della Salute della Donna, del Bambino e di Sanità Pubblica, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Unità di Gineco-patologia e Patologia Mammaria, Dipartimento Scienze della Salute della Donna, del Bambino e di Sanità Pubblica, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Unità di Gineco-patologia e Patologia Mammaria, Dipartimento Scienze della Salute della Donna, del Bambino e di Sanità Pubblica, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Unità di Gineco-patologia e Patologia Mammaria, Dipartimento Scienze della Salute della Donna, del Bambino e di Sanità Pubblica, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Unità di Gineco-patologia e Patologia Mammaria, Dipartimento Scienze della Salute della Donna, del Bambino e di Sanità Pubblica, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Unità di Gineco-patologia e Patologia Mammaria, Dipartimento Scienze della Salute della Donna, del Bambino e di Sanità Pubblica, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Unità di Ginecologia Oncologica, Dipartimento Scienze della Salute della Donna, del Bambino e di Sanità Pubblica, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Unità di Ginecologia Oncologica, Dipartimento Scienze della Salute della Donna, del Bambino e di Sanità Pubblica, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy.,Istituto di Clinica Ostetrica e Ginecologica, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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- Unità di Ginecologia Oncologica, Dipartimento Scienze della Salute della Donna, del Bambino e di Sanità Pubblica, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy.,Istituto di Clinica Ostetrica e Ginecologica, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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- Unità di Gineco-patologia e Patologia Mammaria, Dipartimento Scienze della Salute della Donna, del Bambino e di Sanità Pubblica, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy.,Istituto di Anatomia Patologica, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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Cohen PA, Powell A, Böhm S, Gilks CB, Stewart CJR, Meniawy TM, Bulsara M, Avril S, Brockbank EC, Bosse T, de Azevedo Focchi GR, Ganesan R, Glasspool RM, Howitt BE, Kim HS, Lee JY, Le ND, Lockley M, Manchanda R, Mandalia T, McCluggage WG, McNeish I, Midha D, Srinivasan R, Tan YY, van der Griend R, Yunokawa M, Zannoni GF, Singh N. Pathological chemotherapy response score is prognostic in tubo-ovarian high-grade serous carcinoma: A systematic review and meta-analysis of individual patient data. Gynecol Oncol 2019; 154:441-448. [PMID: 31118141 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2019.04.679] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2019] [Revised: 04/21/2019] [Accepted: 04/24/2019] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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OBJECTIVE There is a need to develop and validate biomarkers for treatment response and survival in tubo-ovarian high-grade serous carcinoma (HGSC). The chemotherapy response score (CRS) stratifies patients into complete/near-complete (CRS3), partial (CRS2), and no/minimal (CRS1) response after neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACT). Our aim was to review current evidence to determine whether the CRS is prognostic in women with tubo-ovarian HGSC treated with NACT. METHODS We established an international collaboration to conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis, pooling individual patient data from 16 sites in 11 countries. Patients had stage IIIC/IV HGSC, 3-4 NACT cycles and >6-months follow-up. Random effects models were used to derive combined odds ratios in the pooled population to investigate associations between CRS and progression free and overall survival (PFS and OS). RESULTS 877 patients were included from published and unpublished studies. Median PFS and OS were 15 months (IQR 5-65) and 28 months (IQR 7-92) respectively. CRS3 was seen in 249 patients (28%). The pooled hazard ratios (HR) for PFS and OS for CRS3 versus CRS1/CRS2 were 0·55 (95% CI, 0·45-0·66; P < 0·001) and 0·65 (95% CI 0·50-0·85, P = 0·002) respectively; no heterogeneity was identified (PFS: Q = 6·42, P = 0·698, I2 = 0·0%; OS: Q = 6·89, P = 0·648, I2 = 0·0%). CRS was significantly associated with PFS and OS in multivariate models adjusting for age and stage. Of 306 patients with known germline BRCA1/2 status, those with BRCA1/2 mutations (n = 80) were more likely to achieve CRS3 (P = 0·027). CONCLUSIONS CRS3 was significantly associated with improved PFS and OS compared to CRS1/2. This validation of CRS in a real-world setting demonstrates it to be a robust and reproducible biomarker with potential to be incorporated into therapeutic decision-making and clinical trial design.
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MESH Headings
- Antineoplastic Agents
- Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols/therapeutic use
- Biomarkers, Tumor/analysis
- Carboplatin/therapeutic use
- Disease-Free Survival
- Fallopian Tube Neoplasms/drug therapy
- Fallopian Tube Neoplasms/mortality
- Fallopian Tube Neoplasms/pathology
- Female
- Humans
- Neoadjuvant Therapy
- Neoplasms, Cystic, Mucinous, and Serous/drug therapy
- Neoplasms, Cystic, Mucinous, and Serous/mortality
- Neoplasms, Cystic, Mucinous, and Serous/pathology
- Ovarian Neoplasms/drug therapy
- Ovarian Neoplasms/mortality
- Ovarian Neoplasms/pathology
- Treatment Outcome
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- Paul A Cohen
- Department of Gynaecological Oncology, Bendat Family Comprehensive Cancer Centre, St John of God Subiaco Hospital, 12 Salvado Rd, Subiaco, Western Australia 6008, Australia; Division of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia; Institute for Health Research, The University of Notre Dame Australia, 32 Mouat Street Fremantle, Western Australia 6160, Australia.
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- Department of Gynaecological Oncology, Bendat Family Comprehensive Cancer Centre, St John of God Subiaco Hospital, 12 Salvado Rd, Subiaco, Western Australia 6008, Australia; Institute for Health Research, The University of Notre Dame Australia, 32 Mouat Street Fremantle, Western Australia 6160, Australia
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Barts Health NHS Trust, West Smithfield, London EC1A 7BE, United Kingdom
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- Department of Anatomic Pathology, Vancouver General Hospital, 899 W 12th Ave, Vancouver, BC V5Z 1M9, Canada
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- Department of Histopathology, King Edward Memorial Hospital, 374 Bagot Road, Subiaco, Western Australia 6008, Australia
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- School of Medicine and Pharmacology, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia; Department of Medical Oncology, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Gairdner Drive Nedlands, Western Australia 6009, Australia
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- Institute for Health Research, The University of Notre Dame Australia, 32 Mouat Street Fremantle, Western Australia 6160, Australia
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- Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center and Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, Wolstein Research Building, Room 6524, 2103 Cornell Road, Cleveland, OH 44106, United States of America; Institute of Pathology, Technische Universität München, Ismaninger Str. 22, Munich 81675, Germany
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- Department of Gynaecological Oncology, Barts Health NHS Trust, Whitechapel Rd, London E1 1BB, United Kingdom
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- Department of Pathology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Albinusdreef 2, PO Box 9600, 2333 ZA, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Department of Cellular Pathology, Birmingham Women's NHS Foundation Trust, Mindelsohn Way, Birmingham B15 2TG, United Kingdom
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- Cancer Research UK Clinical Trials Unit, Glasgow, The Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre, University of Glasgow, 1053 Great Western Road, Glasgow G12 0YN, United Kingdom
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- Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Stanford University, 300 Pasteur Drive, H2128E, Stanford, CA 94305, United States of America
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- Department of Pathology, Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, 50-1, Yonsei-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Institute of Women's Life Medical Science, Yonsei University College of Medicine, 50-1, Yonsei-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea
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- Cancer Control Research, British Columbia Cancer Research Centre, 675 West 10th Ave, Vancouver, BC V5Z1L3, Canada
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- Barts Cancer Institute, Queen Mary University of London, Charterhouse Square, London EC1M 6BQ, United Kingdom; University College London Hospital, 235 Euston Rd, Fitzrovia, London NW1 2BU, United Kingdom
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- Department of Gynaecological Oncology, Barts Health NHS Trust, Royal London Hospital, 10th Floor, South Block, Whitechapel Road, London E1 1BB, United Kingdom
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- Department of Histopathology, Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust, Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital (Wonford), Old Pathology Building, Church Lane, Exeter, Devon EX2 5AD, United Kingdom
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- Department of Pathology, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, Grosvenor Road Belfast, BT12 6BA, United Kingdom
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- Division of Cancer, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, IRDB Building, Hammersmith Hospital, London W12 0NN, United Kingdom
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- Department of Pathology, Tata Medical Center, 14 MAR, Rajarhat, Kolkata 700160, India
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- Department of Cytology and Gynecological Pathology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Sector 12, Chandigarh 160012, India
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre, 1053 Great Western Road, Glasgow G12 0YN, United Kingdom
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- Department of Anatomical Pathology, Canterbury Health Laboratories, 2 Riccarton Ave, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand
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- Department of Breast and Medical Oncology, National Cancer Center Hospital, 5-1-1 Tsukiji, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-0045, Japan
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- Department of Pathology, Women and Child Health, Fondazione Policlinico Gemelli, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Largo F Vito 1, 00168 Roma, Italy
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- Department of Cellular Pathology, Barts Health NHS Trust, Whitechapel Rd, London E1 1BB, United Kingdom
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Efficacy of Neoadjuvant Therapy With Cisplatin Plus Mitomycin C in BRCA1-Mutated Ovarian Cancer. Int J Gynecol Cancer 2019; 28:1498-1506. [PMID: 30247247 DOI: 10.1097/igc.0000000000001352] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVES Cisplatin and mitomycin C exert high activity towards BRCA1-deficient cells. This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of a combination of these drugs in hereditary BRCA1-associated ovarian cancer (OC). METHODS Twelve OC patients, who could not be treated by primary debulking surgery owing to extensive tumor spread, were given neoadjuvant cisplatin (100 mg/m) and mitomycin C (10 mg/m) every 4 weeks for 3 (n = 9), 2 (n = 2), or 4 (n = 1) cycles. RESULTS The decrease of tumor burden and complete surgical cytoreduction were achieved in all patients. Pathologic complete response, defined as the absence of tumor cells in surgically removed tissues, was observed in 2 (17%) of 12 cases. Retrospective analysis of 62 OC in BRCA1 mutation carriers subjected to conventional neoadjuvant chemotherapy schemes revealed 36 objective tumor responses (58%) and 37 instances (60%) of complete cytoreductive surgery; however, none of these patients demonstrated pathologic complete response. CONCLUSIONS The combination of cisplatin plus mitomycin C showed promising results in BRCA1-driven OC and therefore deserves further clinical evaluation.
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Nero C, Fagotti A, Zannoni GF, Palluzzi E, Scambia G, Petrillo M. Pathologic response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy in advanced ovarian cancer: utility of a scoring system to predict outcomes. Int J Gynecol Cancer 2019; 29:1064-1071. [DOI: 10.1136/ijgc-2019-000232] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2019] [Revised: 03/13/2019] [Accepted: 03/22/2019] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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BackgroundGrowing evidence supports the role of neoadjuvant chemotherapy in patients with advanced epithelial ovarian cancer. Currently, there is no shared histopathologic scoring system to assess pathologic response in the specimens obtained at interval surgery after neoadjuvant chemotherapy This review aims to summarize the literature on pathologic response, focusing on proposed scoring systems.MethodsThe systematic review was conducted according to the preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses (PRISMA) guidelines, focusing on the definition of pathologic response, its prognostic value, possible predictors, and future implications. Eighteen manuscripts focusing on pathologic response in epithelial ovarian cancer were selected for analysis.ResultsOverall, eight histopathologic scoring systems to evaluate pathologic response have been proposed. There are currently no available markers (serum, radiological, genomic) to select which patients could achieve the highest benefit from neoadjuvant chemotherapy experiencing a complete pathologic response. A three-tier scoring system (CRS) based on omental assessment and which classifies the response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy has been validated in external cohorts of epithelial ovarian cancer. This scoring system demonstrated adequate interobserver reproducibility. Data is limited on the pathologic complete response rate changes according to chemotherapy regimen.ConclusionsA histopathologic scoring system endowed with prognostic value could be helpful in personalizing the treatment decision in patients with epithelial ovarian cancer.
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Assessment of a Chemotherapy Response Score (CRS) System for Tubo-Ovarian High-Grade Serous Carcinoma (HGSC). Int J Gynecol Pathol 2019; 38:230-240. [DOI: 10.1097/pgp.0000000000000513] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Patterns of pathological response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy and its clinical implications in patients undergoing interval cytoreductive surgery for advanced serous epithelial ovarian cancer- A study by the Indian Network for Development of Peritoneal Surface Oncology (INDEPSO). Eur J Surg Oncol 2019; 45:666-671. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejso.2019.01.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2018] [Revised: 12/21/2018] [Accepted: 01/06/2019] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Devouassoux-Shisheboran M, Le Frère-Belda MA, Leary A. [Biopathology of ovarian carcinomas early and advanced-stages: Article drafted from the French guidelines in oncology entitled "Initial management of patients with epithelial ovarian cancer" developed by FRANCOGYN, CNGOF, SFOG, GINECO-ARCAGY under the aegis of CNGOF and endorsed by INCa]. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2019; 47:155-167. [PMID: 30686728 DOI: 10.1016/j.gofs.2018.12.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2018] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Ovarian carcinomas represent a heterogeneous group of lesions with specific therapeutic management for each histological subtype. Thus, the correct histological diagnosis is mandatory. MATERIAL AND METHODS References were searched by PubMed from January 2000 to January 2018 and original articles in French and English literature were selected. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS In case of ovarian mass suspicious for cancer, a frozen section analysis may be proposed, if it could impact the surgical management. A positive histological diagnosis of ovarian carcinoma (type and grade) has to be rendered on histological (and not cytological) material before any chemotherapy with multiples and large sized biopsies. In case of needle biopsy, at least three fragments with needles>16G are needed. Histological biopsies need to be formalin-fixed (4% formaldehyde) less than 1h after resection and at least 6hours fixation is mandatory for small size biopsies. Tissue transfer to pathological labs up to 48hours under vacuum and at +4°C (in case of large surgical specimens) may be an alternative. Gross examination should include the description of all specimens and their integrity, the site of the tumor and the dimension of all specimens and nodules. Multiples sampling is needed, including the capsule, the solid areas, at least 1 to 2 blocks per cm of tumor for mucinous lesions, the Fallopian tube in toto, at least 3 blocks on grossly normal omentum and one block on the largest omental nodule. WHO classification should be used to classify the carcinoma (type and grade), with the use of a panel of immunohistochemical markers. High-grade ovarian carcinomas (serous and endometrioid) should be tested for BRCA mutation and in case of a detectable tumor mutation, the patient should be referred to an oncogenetic consultation.
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- M Devouassoux-Shisheboran
- Institut multisite de biopathologie des hôpitaux de Lyon : site Sud, centre de biologie et pathologie Sud, centre hospitalier Lyon Sud, 165, chemin du Grand-Revoyet, 69495 Pierre-Bénite cedex, France.
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- Service de pathologie, hôpital européen Georges-Pompidou, 20, rue Leblanc, 75015 Paris, France
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- Inserm U981, service d'oncologie médicale, Gustave-Roussy Cancer Campus, 114, rue Édouard-Vaillant, 94800 Villejuif, France
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McCarthy AJ, Rouzbahman M, Thiryayi SA, Chapman WB, Clarke BA. Neoadjuvant therapy in gynaecological malignancies: What pathologists need to know. J Clin Pathol 2019; 72:102-111. [PMID: 30670562 DOI: 10.1136/jclinpath-2018-205634] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2018] [Accepted: 11/29/2018] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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In recent times, there has been a growing tendency to treat advanced gynaecological malignancies with neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACT), with the goal of reducing tumour volume and enhancing operability resulting in optimal cytoreduction. This approach is used in particular for patients with advanced high-grade serous carcinoma of the ovary, fallopian tube or peritoneum. Pathology plays a crucial role in the management of these patients, both before and after NACT. Prior to initiation of NACT, a biopsy should be performed, usually of the omental cake, to confirm that a malignancy is present, to identify the site of origin of the tumour and to type and grade the tumour. Histopathologists must be aware of the resultant morphological effects of NACT when examining specimens following interval cytoreduction surgery. Tumour typing and grading, and even the identification of residual neoplasia, are particular challenges. Immunohistochemistry, when used judiciously, can be a useful adjunct in certain scenarios. A pathological assessment of the response to chemotherapy, and the pathological stage should be provided in the pathology report, as these may inform prognosis and subsequent management. We present a comprehensive overview of the relevant clinical and pathological aspects pertaining to NACT for gynaecological malignancies for the practicing surgical pathologist.
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- Aoife J McCarthy
- Department of Anatomical Pathology, Laboratory Medicine Program, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada .,Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Anatomical Pathology, Laboratory Medicine Program, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.,Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Anatomical Pathology, Laboratory Medicine Program, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.,Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Anatomical Pathology, Laboratory Medicine Program, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.,Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Anatomical Pathology, Laboratory Medicine Program, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.,Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Tozzi R, Casarin J, Baysal A, Valenti G, Kilic Y, Majd HS, Morotti M. Bowel resection rate but not bowel related morbidity is decreased after interval debulking surgery compared to primary surgery in patents with stage IIIC-IV ovarian cancer. J Gynecol Oncol 2018; 30:e25. [PMID: 30740956 PMCID: PMC6393637 DOI: 10.3802/jgo.2019.30.e25] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2018] [Revised: 10/31/2018] [Accepted: 11/13/2018] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE To assess the morbidity associate with rectosigmoid resection (RSR) in patients with stage IIIC-IV ovarian cancer (OC) undergone primary debulking surgery (PDS) vs. interval debulking surgery (IDS) after neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACT). METHODS From the Oxford Advanced OC database, we retrieved all patients who underwent surgery between January 2009 and July 2016 and included all patients who underwent RSR. We compared the rates of overall related and not-related morbidity and bowel diversion in patients undergone RSR during PDS vs. IDS. RESULTS Three hundred and seventy-one patients underwent surgery: 126 in PDS group and 245 in IDS group. Fifty-two patients in the PDS group (41.3%) and 65 patients in IDS group (26.5%) underwent RSR (p<0.001). Overall not related morbidity rate was 37.5% and 28.6%, p=0.625. Bowel specific complications affected 16.3% vs. 11.1% of the patients (p=0.577). IDS group had higher rate of bowel diversion compared with PDS (46.0% vs. 26.5%, p=0.048). CONCLUSION NACT was associated to an overall reduced rate of RSR compared to IDS. No differences in overall related and not-related complications in patients requiring RSR were seen between the 2 groups. Patients in the IDS group had a significantly higher rate of bowel diversion.
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- Department of Gynaecologic Oncology, Nuffield Department of Women and Reproductive Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.
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- Department of Gynaecologic Oncology, Nuffield Department of Women and Reproductive Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Department of Gynaecologic Oncology, Nuffield Department of Women and Reproductive Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Department of Gynaecologic Oncology, Nuffield Department of Women and Reproductive Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Department of Gynaecologic Oncology, Nuffield Department of Women and Reproductive Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Department of Gynaecologic Oncology, Nuffield Department of Women and Reproductive Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Department of Gynaecologic Oncology, Nuffield Department of Women and Reproductive Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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Surgical Efforts Might Mitigate Difference in Response to Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in Stage IIIC–IV Unresectable Ovarian Cancer: A Case-Control Multi-institutional Study. Int J Gynecol Cancer 2018; 28:1706-1713. [DOI: 10.1097/igc.0000000000001286] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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ObjectiveThe aim of the study was to evaluate outcomes of patients with unresectable advanced ovarian cancer experiencing complete response (CR) to neoadjuvant chemotherapy.MethodsData of consecutive patients undergoing neoadjuvant chemotherapy plus interval debulking surgery (IDS) were retrospectively reviewed in 4 Italian centers. Using a propensity-matching algorithm, we compared data of patients achieving CR with neoadjuvant chemotherapy (no macroscopic either microscopic residual disease (RD) at the time of IDS) with patients achieving partial response (PR). This latter group was stratified by the presence of RD (RD = 0 vs RD > 0).ResultsOverall, 193 had IDS after neoadjuvant chemotherapy: 25 (13%), 81 (41.9%), and 74 (38.3%) patients had CR, PR with RD of 0, and PR with RD of more than 0, respectively. In addition, 13 (6.7%) patients had no macroscopic disease detected at DS but just microscopic disease at pathological examination. For the study purpose, 25 patients achieving CR were matched (1:2) with 50 patients having PR and RD of 0 and 50 patients having PR and RD of more than 0. As the result of propensity matching, baseline characteristics were similar between groups. Comparing survival outcomes of patients having CR and PR with RD of 0, we observed that type of response to chemotherapy did not influence disease-free (hazard ratio = 1.53 [95% confidence interval = 0.88–2.66], P = 0.127) and overall (hazard ratio = 1.74 [95% confidence interval = 0.76–4.01], P = 0.189) survivals. Patients achieving CR experienced significantly better disease-free survival (P = 0.004) and a trend toward better overall survival (P = 0.06) than patients achieving PR with RD of more than 0 at IDS.ConclusionsComplete cytoreduction might mitigate the difference in response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy. The presence of RD at IDS is associated with worse survival outcomes.
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Rajkumar S, Polson A, Nath R, Lane G, Sayasneh A, Jakes A, Begum S, Mehra G. Prognostic implications of histological tumor regression (Böhm's score) in patients receiving neoadjuvant chemotherapy for high grade serous tubal & ovarian carcinoma. Gynecol Oncol 2018; 151:264-268. [PMID: 30197060 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2018.08.042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2018] [Revised: 08/29/2018] [Accepted: 08/30/2018] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Primary objective of this study was to determine prognostic significance of Bohm's histopathological regression score in patients who received neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACT) for treatment of high grade serous (HGS) tubal & ovarian carcinoma. METHODS This was a retrospective cohort study of patients who received NACT between 2010 and 2015. The 3 point histopathological regression score of Böhm was used to classify chemotherapy response. Survival outcomes between the 3 different subgroups was analysed and compared with standard clinico-pathological variables using the Cox proportional hazards model and log-rank test. RESULTS Study cohort comprised 111 patients. Chemotherapy response score (CRS) 3 was observed in 47 (42.4%) and CRS 1and CRS 2 in 22 (19.8%) and 42 (37.8%) women respectively. Women with CRS score of 1 and 2 combined showed a three-fold increased risk of progression on both univariate and multivariate assessment (HR 3.54; C.I 2.19-5.72, p < 0.001). The median overall survival for patients with CRS 1 was 34 months, CRS 2 was 30 months and 47 months for CRS 3. CRS 1 and 2 combined was the only variable that held significance in prediction of reduced overall survival on multivariate assessment (HR 3.26, C.I 1.91-5.54, p 0.0006). CRS 1 and 2 were also associated with 5.15-fold increased risk of relapse within 6 months of completion of chemotherapy (Odds ratio OR 5.15, C.I 0.07-0.47, p - 0.002). CONCLUSION CRS is an independent prognosticator of survival and reliable predictor of relapse within 6 months in advanced high grade serous tubal and ovarian carcinoma patients receiving NACT.
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- Savithri Rajkumar
- Department of Gynaecological Oncology, Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (GSTT), Westminster Bridge Road, London SE1 7EH, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
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- Department of Pathology, Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (GSTT), Westminster Bridge Road, London SE1 7EH, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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- Department of Gynaecological Oncology, Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (GSTT), Westminster Bridge Road, London SE1 7EH, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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- Department of Gynaecological Oncology, Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (GSTT), Westminster Bridge Road, London SE1 7EH, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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- Department of Gynaecological Oncology, Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (GSTT), Westminster Bridge Road, London SE1 7EH, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (GSTT), Westminster Bridge Road, London SE1 7EH, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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- Department of Women and Children's Health, School of Life Course Sciences, King's College London & King's Health Partners, St Thomas' Hospital, London SE1 7EH, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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- Department of Gynaecological Oncology, Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (GSTT), Westminster Bridge Road, London SE1 7EH, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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Zhang D, Jiang YX, Luo SJ, Zhou R, Jiang QX, Linghu H. Serum CA125 levels predict outcome of interval debulking surgery after neoadjuvant chemotherapy in patients with advanced ovarian cancer. Clin Chim Acta 2018; 484:32-35. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2018.04.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2018] [Revised: 04/23/2018] [Accepted: 04/23/2018] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Zhang J, Liu N, Zhang A, Bao X. Potential risk factors associated with prognosis of neoadjuvant chemotherapy followed by interval debulking surgery in stage IIIc-IV high-grade serous ovarian carcinoma patients. J Obstet Gynaecol Res 2018; 44:1808-1816. [PMID: 30019801 DOI: 10.1111/jog.13710] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2018] [Accepted: 05/25/2018] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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AIM No consensus has been achieved on the prognostic factors for patients with advanced stage epithelial ovarian cancer who underwent neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) followed by interval debulking surgery (IDS). This study aimed to investigate the prognostic factors for the patients diagnosed as International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics stage IIIc-IV high-grade serous ovarian cancer (HG-SOC). METHODS A total of 200 patients histologically diagnosed as IIIc-IV stage HG-SOC were retrospectively analyzed. All patients underwent platinum-NAC followed by IDS treatment between January 2003 and December 2013. The potential predictive factors (including preoperative ascites volume, cancer antigen 125 [CA-125] and CA-125 decreasing kinetics, NAC and adjuvant chemotherapy cycle number as well as tumor characteristics) for optimal cytoreduction by IDS and for progression free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) were assessed. RESULTS Optimal cytoreduction by IDS was achieved in 78% of HG-SOC patients who underwent NAC. The median number of NAC cycle was 3 (range 1-8). No ascites regression (P < 0.01, odds ratio [OR] = 2.28, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.41-3.69), and worse CA-125 decreasing kinetics (P < 0.01, OR = 2.01, 95% CI: 1.37-2.93) were independent predictive factors for suboptimal cytoreduction by IDS. Multivariate regression analysis revealed that PFS and OS were independently associated with preoperative ascites (P < 0.01, hazard ratio [HR] = 2.13, 95% CI: 1.38-3.28 and P < 0.01, HR = 2.33, 95% CI: 1.27-4.26, respectively) and CA-125 decreasing kinetics (P = 0.01, HR = 1.10, 95% CI: 1.02-1.18 and P < 0.01, HR = 1.22, 95% CI: 1.08-1.37, respectively). PFS of patients who underwent more than four NAC cycles was shorter than those of patients who received four or less number of NAC cycles; however, no difference was observed for OS. CONCLUSION Ascites regression and CA-125 decreasing kinetics were independently associated with the optimal cytoreduction rate and survival of patients diagnosed with advanced stage HG-SOC and treated with NAC/IDS.
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- Jie Zhang
- Department of Gynecology, Weifang Yidu Central Hospital, Weifang, China
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- Department of Gynecology, Weifang Yidu Central Hospital, Weifang, China
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- Department of Gynecology, Weifang Yidu Central Hospital, Weifang, China
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- Department of Gynecology, Weifang People's Hospital, Weifang, China
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Ghisoni E, Katsaros D, Maggiorotto F, Aglietta M, Vaira M, De Simone M, Mittica G, Giannone G, Robella M, Genta S, Lucchino F, Marocco F, Borella F, Valabrega G, Ponzone R. A predictive score for optimal cytoreduction at interval debulking surgery in epithelial ovarian cancer: a two- centers experience. J Ovarian Res 2018; 11:42. [PMID: 29843747 PMCID: PMC5975698 DOI: 10.1186/s13048-018-0415-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2018] [Accepted: 05/16/2018] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Background Optimal cytoreduction (macroscopic Residual Tumor, RT = 0) is the best survival predictor factor in epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC). It doesn’t exist a consolidated criteria to predict optimal surgical resection at interval debulking surgery (IDS). The aim of this study is to develop a predictive model of complete cytoreduction at IDS. Methods We, retrospectively, analyzed 93 out of 432 patients, with advanced EOC, underwent neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACT) and IDS from January 2010 to December 2016 in two referral cancer centers. The correlation between clinical-pathological variables and residual disease at IDS has been investigated with univariate and multivariate analysis. A predictive score of cytoreduction (PSC) has been created by combining all significant variables. The performance of each single variable and PSC has been reported and the correlation of all significant variables with progression free survival (PFS) has been assessed. Results At IDS, 65 patients (69,8%) had complete cytoreduction with no residual disease (R = 0). Three criteria independently predicted R > 0: age ≥ 60 years (p = 0.014), CA-125 before NACT > 550 UI/dl (p = 0.044), and Peritoneal Cancer Index (PCI) > 16 (p < 0.001). A PSC ≥ 3 has been associated with a better accuracy (85,8%), limiting the number of incomplete surgeries to 16,5%. Moreover, a PCI > 16, a PSC ≥ 3 and the presence of R > 0 after IDS were all significantly associated with shorter PFS (p < 0.001, p < 0.001 and p = 0.004 respectively). Conclusions Our PSC predicts, in a large number of patients, complete cytoreduction at IDS, limiting the rate of futile extensive surgeries in case of presence of residual tumor (R > 0). The PSC should be prospectively validated in a larger series of EOC patients undergoing NACT-IDS.
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- Eleonora Ghisoni
- Candiolo Cancer Institute FPO-IRCCS, Strada Provinciale 142 km 3.95, 10060, Candiolo, TO, Italy.,Department of Oncology, University of Torino, Turin, Italy
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- Department of Surgical Sciences, Gynecology, AOU, Città della Salute e della Scienza, Turin, Italy
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- Candiolo Cancer Institute FPO-IRCCS, Strada Provinciale 142 km 3.95, 10060, Candiolo, TO, Italy
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- Candiolo Cancer Institute FPO-IRCCS, Strada Provinciale 142 km 3.95, 10060, Candiolo, TO, Italy.,Department of Oncology, University of Torino, Turin, Italy
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- Candiolo Cancer Institute FPO-IRCCS, Strada Provinciale 142 km 3.95, 10060, Candiolo, TO, Italy
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- Candiolo Cancer Institute FPO-IRCCS, Strada Provinciale 142 km 3.95, 10060, Candiolo, TO, Italy
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- Candiolo Cancer Institute FPO-IRCCS, Strada Provinciale 142 km 3.95, 10060, Candiolo, TO, Italy.,Department of Oncology, University of Torino, Turin, Italy
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- Candiolo Cancer Institute FPO-IRCCS, Strada Provinciale 142 km 3.95, 10060, Candiolo, TO, Italy.,Department of Oncology, University of Torino, Turin, Italy
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- Candiolo Cancer Institute FPO-IRCCS, Strada Provinciale 142 km 3.95, 10060, Candiolo, TO, Italy
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- Candiolo Cancer Institute FPO-IRCCS, Strada Provinciale 142 km 3.95, 10060, Candiolo, TO, Italy.,Department of Oncology, University of Torino, Turin, Italy
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- Department of Surgical Sciences, Gynecology, AOU, Città della Salute e della Scienza, Turin, Italy
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- Candiolo Cancer Institute FPO-IRCCS, Strada Provinciale 142 km 3.95, 10060, Candiolo, TO, Italy
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- Department of Surgical Sciences, Gynecology, AOU, Città della Salute e della Scienza, Turin, Italy
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- Candiolo Cancer Institute FPO-IRCCS, Strada Provinciale 142 km 3.95, 10060, Candiolo, TO, Italy. .,Department of Oncology, University of Torino, Turin, Italy.
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- Candiolo Cancer Institute FPO-IRCCS, Strada Provinciale 142 km 3.95, 10060, Candiolo, TO, Italy
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Hong L, Qiu H, Mei Z, Zhang H, Liu S, Cao H. Ovarian cancer initially presenting with supra-clavicular lymph node metastasis: A case report. Oncol Lett 2018; 16:505-510. [PMID: 29928439 DOI: 10.3892/ol.2018.8664] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2017] [Accepted: 04/26/2018] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Supra-clavicular lymph node metastasis from ovarian cancer is rare. The present study reports the unique case of a 43-years-old patient who initially presented with left supra-clavicular lymph node metastasis, and was nulliparous. According to fine-needle aspiration cytology of the metastatic left supra-clavicular lymph nodes and 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) scan, the patient was diagnosed with poorly differentiated serous carcinoma of ovarian cancer, stage IV. Following two cycles of platinum-based chemotherapy, PET/CT showed that the patient had achieved a complete response. Next, cytoreductive surgery was performed and the postoperative histological findings showed that the patient had achieved a complete pathological response. According to NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology, the patient was stage IV and four cycles of chemotherapy were provided, with no recurrence observed during 3 years of follow-up. This case indicates that patients who initially present with distant metastatic lymph nodes and are nulliparous might have a better prognosis and avoid overtreatment.
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- Lu Hong
- Department of Oncology, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei 430071, P.R. China.,Hubei Cancer Clinical Study Center and Hubei Key Laboratory of Tumor Biological Behavior, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei 430071, P.R. China
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- Department of Oncology, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei 430071, P.R. China.,Hubei Cancer Clinical Study Center and Hubei Key Laboratory of Tumor Biological Behavior, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei 430071, P.R. China
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- Department of Oncology, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei 430071, P.R. China.,Hubei Cancer Clinical Study Center and Hubei Key Laboratory of Tumor Biological Behavior, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei 430071, P.R. China
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- Department of Oncology, Ezhou Central Hospital, Ezhou, Hubei 436000, P.R. China
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- Hubei Cancer Clinical Study Center and Hubei Key Laboratory of Tumor Biological Behavior, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei 430071, P.R. China
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- Department of Pathology, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei 430071, P.R. China
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INTRODUCTION Ovarian cancer is mostly diagnosed at advanced stage. Better survival is achieved through complete debulking surgery and chemotherapy. Historically, neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) has been introduced for unresectable disease to decrease tumor load and perform a unique complete surgery. Four randomized control trials have compared primary debulking surgery to NAC, but there is still controversy about the use of neoadjuvant chemotherapy and questions about its modalities. Areas covered: We made a review of knowledge on benefits of NAC compared to primary debulking chemotherapy, in terms of survival and morbidity, methods of administration, new drugs in early and late phase trials, the selection of patients. Similar survival was observed after NAC and interval debulking surgery or primary debulking surgery. Morbidity of surgery was decreased after interval debulking compared primary debulking surgery. Conventional drugs are carboplatin and paclitaxel. Safety of bevacizumab was evaluated in phase 2 trials associated with conventional drugs. Immunotherapy trials are enrolling patients in phase 1 study. Expert commentary: NAC followed by debulking surgery is the best treatment for patients with advanced ovarian cancer.
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Correlation between Surgeon's assessment and radiographic evaluation of residual disease in women with advanced stage ovarian cancer reported to have undergone optimal surgical cytoreduction: An NRG Oncology/Gynecologic Oncology Group study. Gynecol Oncol 2018; 149:525-530. [PMID: 29550184 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2018.03.043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2018] [Revised: 03/07/2018] [Accepted: 03/09/2018] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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PURPOSE We sought to determine the level of concordance among surgeons' assessment of residual disease (RD) and pre-treatment computed tomography (CT) findings among women who underwent optimal surgical cytoreduction for advanced stage ovarian cancer. METHODS This is a post-trial ad hoc analysis of a phase 3 randomized clinical trial evaluating the impact of bevacizumab in primary and maintenance therapy for patients with advanced stage ovarian cancer following surgical cytoreduction. All subjects underwent imaging of the chest/abdomen/pelvis to establish a post-surgical baseline prior to the initiation of chemotherapy. Information collected on trial was utilized to compare surgeon's operative assessment of RD, to pre-treatment imaging. RESULTS Of 1873 enrolled patients, surgical outcome was described as optimal (RD≤1cm) in 639 subjects. Twelve patients were excluded as they did not have a baseline, pretreatment imaging, leaving 627 participants for analysis. The average interval from surgery to baseline scan was 26days (range: 1-109). In 251 cases (40%), the post-operative scan was discordant with surgeon assessment, demonstrating RD>1cm in size. RD>1cm was most commonly identified in the right upper quadrant (28.4%), retroperitoneal para-aortic lymph nodes (RD>1.5cm; 28.2%) and the left upper quadrant (10.7%). Patients with RD>1cm on pre-treatment CT (discordant) exhibited a significantly greater risk of disease progression (HR 1.30; 95% CI 1.08-1.56; p=0.0059). CONCLUSIONS Among patients reported to have undergone optimal cytoreduction, 40% were found to have lesions >1cm on postoperative, pretreatment imaging. Although inflammatory changes and/or rapid tumor regrowth could account for the discordance, the impact on PFS and distribution of RD may suggest underestimation by the operating surgeon.
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Preoperative Predictive Factors for Complete Cytoreduction and Survival Outcome in Epithelial Ovarian, Tubal, and Peritoneal Cancer After Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy. Int J Gynecol Cancer 2018; 27:420-429. [PMID: 28187098 DOI: 10.1097/igc.0000000000000924] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE The study aims to identify preoperative predictors of complete cytoreduction and early recurrence and death in epithelial ovarian, tubal, and peritoneal cancer after neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACT). METHODS We performed a retrospective analysis of 85 patients who underwent 3 cycles of NACT. Patients were divided into 2 groups according to residual tumor at interval debulking surgery (IDS), and clinicopathologic, surgical, and follow-up data were compared. RESULTS Cancer antigen 125 (CA-125) levels before the IDS after completion of NACT were higher in the residual tumor group (42.0 vs 116.6 U/mL, P = 0.006). The drop rate of CA-125 after NACT was higher in the no residual tumor group (96.8% vs 89.9%, P = 0.001). Patients with residual tumor showed lower disease-free and overall survival outcomes than patients with no residual tumor. In univariate analysis, CA-125 of 100 U/mL or less before IDS and a drop rate after NACT greater than 80% were preoperative predictive factors for complete cytoreduction. In multivariate analysis, a drop rate of CA-125 after NACT greater than 80% was an independent preoperative predictive factor for complete cytoreduction (P = 0.002). Progressive disease on follow-up image during NACT was an independent preoperative predictive factor for early recurrence and death (P < 0.001, both). CONCLUSIONS A significant drop of CA-125 after NACT and progressive disease on follow-up image are independent preoperative predictors for complete cytoreduction and early recurrence and death.
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The Prognostic Impact of the Pathological Response to Neoadjuvant Dose-Dense Therapy for Ovarian Carcinoma. Int J Gynecol Cancer 2017; 27:1850-1855. [DOI: 10.1097/igc.0000000000001107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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ObjectiveThe aim of this study was to assess the use of the pathological response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) for predicting disease prognosis in patients with advanced ovarian cancer who received neoadjuvant dose-dense weekly paclitaxel and carboplatin (dd-TC) therapy.MethodsWe retrospectively investigated patients with advanced epithelial ovarian, tubal, or peritoneal carcinoma treated at our hospital from July 2004 to October 2014. Patients received dd-TC therapy as NAC followed by interval debulking surgery (IDS). Specimens resected during IDS were divided into 4 groups based on pathological response: grade 1, most tumor cells appeared to be viable; grade 2a, most tumor cells had disappeared, whereas the remaining tumor cells were vacuolated or degenerated; grade 2b, small numbers of viable tumor cells were observed; and grade 3, small aggregations of macrophages were seen.ResultsSixty-eight patients were enrolled. The median number of NAC cycles was 3 (range, 2–6), and 51 patients (75.0%) achieved complete resection at IDS. Regarding pathological response, 7 (10.3%) patients were classified as grade 1, 11 (16.2%) as grade 2a, 46 (67.7%) as grade 2b, and 4 (5.9%) as grade 3. In univariate and multivariate analyses, grades 2b and 3 pathological responses were significant favorable prognostic factors for progression-free survival (P = 0.028; hazard ratio, 0.48; 95% confidence interval, 0.26–0.92).ConclusionsAlthough the pathological complete response rate to NAC was low in this study, both complete and good pathological responses to NAC might be favorable prognostic factors for PFS in patients with advanced ovarian cancer who receive dd-TC.
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Herzog TJ, Ison G, Alvarez RD, Balasubramaniam S, Armstrong DK, Beaver JA, Ellis A, Tang S, Ford P, McKee A, Gershenson DM, Kim G, Monk BJ, Pazdur R, Coleman RL. FDA ovarian cancer clinical trial endpoints workshop: A Society of Gynecologic Oncology White Paper. Gynecol Oncol 2017; 147:3-10. [PMID: 28844539 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2017.08.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2017] [Revised: 08/05/2017] [Accepted: 08/08/2017] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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- Thomas J Herzog
- University of Cincinnati Cancer Institute, Dept. of Ob/Gyn, University of Cincinnati, United States
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- Office of Hematology Oncology Products, OND, CDER, FDA, United States
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- Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, United States
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- Office of Hematology Oncology Products, OND, CDER, FDA, United States
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- Ovarian Cancer Survivor, White Plains, New York
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- Division of Biometrics V, OB, OTS, CDER, FDA, United States
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- Ovarian Cancer Alliance of San Diego, United States
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- Office of Hematology Oncology Products, OND, CDER, FDA, United States
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- Office of Hematology Oncology Products, OND, CDER, FDA, United States
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- Department of Gynecologic Oncology & Reproductive Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, United States.
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Lee JY, Chung YS, Na K, Kim HM, Park CK, Nam EJ, Kim S, Kim SW, Kim YT, Kim HS. External validation of chemotherapy response score system for histopathological assessment of tumor regression after neoadjuvant chemotherapy in tubo-ovarian high-grade serous carcinoma. J Gynecol Oncol 2017; 28:e73. [PMID: 28758379 PMCID: PMC5641524 DOI: 10.3802/jgo.2017.28.e73] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2017] [Accepted: 06/21/2017] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Objective The chemotherapy response score (CRS) system based on histopathological examination has been recently proposed for tubo-ovarian high-grade serous carcinoma (HGSC) to assess response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC). This study was aimed at validating the CRS system in an external cohort of tubo-ovarian HGSC patients. Methods This study included 110 tubo-ovarian HGSC patients who underwent NAC followed by interval debulking surgery. The 3-tiered CRS of the omental and adnexal tissue sections was determined by 3 independent pathologists. Differences in patient outcomes according to CRS were analyzed. Results The CRS system was highly reproducible among the 3 pathologists. Fleiss' kappa value and Kendall's coefficient of concordance for the omental CRS were 0.656 and 0.669, respectively. The omental CRS significantly predicted progression-free survival (PFS). The median PFS of patients whose tumors exhibited the omental CRS 1–2 (15 months) was significantly shorter than that of patients with an omental CRS of 3 (19 months; p=0.016). In addition, after adjusting for age, stage, and debulking status, the omental CRS was an independent prognostic factor for PFS of tubo-ovarian HGSC patients who were treated with NAC (adjusted hazard ratio [HR]=1.74; 95% confidence interval [CI]=1.05–2.87). Conclusion The CRS system for assessing NAC response was a reproducible prognostic tool in our cohort. The application of the CRS system after NAC can improve survival estimation in HGSC patients.
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- Jung Yun Lee
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Institute of Women's Life Medical Science, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Institute of Women's Life Medical Science, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Pathology, Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Pathology, Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Pathology, Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Institute of Women's Life Medical Science, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Institute of Women's Life Medical Science, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Institute of Women's Life Medical Science, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Institute of Women's Life Medical Science, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Pathology, Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
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Prognostic Role of Histological Tumor Regression in Patients Receiving Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy for High-Grade Serous Tubo-ovarian Carcinoma. Int J Gynecol Cancer 2017; 27:708-713. [DOI: 10.1097/igc.0000000000000945] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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ObjectiveOur objective was to validate the prognostic role of the chemotherapy response score (CRS), which has been proposed for measuring tumor response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy in patients with high-grade serous tubo-ovarian carcinoma, in predicting progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS).MethodsA retrospective cohort study was conducted of patients with advanced high-grade serous tubo-ovarian carcinoma diagnosed between January 1, 2010, and December 31, 2014, and treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy. Treatment-related tumor regression was determined according to the 3-tier CRS, and results were compared with standard clinicopathological variables. Survival analysis was performed using Cox proportional hazards models and the log-rank test.ResultsSeventy-one patients were eligible for analysis. Median OS was 25.5 months. Fifty-eight patients (82%) had disease recurrence and 32 (45%) had died at study census. Of the 71 patients, 19, 29, and 23 patients had a CRS of 1, 2, and 3, respectively. On univariate analysis, the CRS significantly predicted PFS (hazard ratio [HR], 3.77; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.83–7.78; P = 0.000) and OS (HR, 2.81; 95% CI, 1.16–6.79; P = 0.022). In a multivariate model, the CRS was significantly associated with PFS (HR, 2.81; 95% CI, 1.16–6.79; P = 0.022) but not with OS (HR, 2.39; 95% CI, 0.47–3.08; P = 0.079). Patients with CRS of 1 and 2 combined were twice as likely to progress during the study period compared with patients with a CRS of 3 (HR, 2.0; 95% CI, 1.06–3.78; P = 0.032; median PFS, 16 vs 26 months). No significant association was observed for OS (CRS 1/2 vs 3; HR, 1.57; 95% CI, 0.68–3.65; P = 0.291).ConclusionsIn this study, the CRS showed independent prognostic significance for PFS but not for OS.
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Sioulas VD, Schiavone MB, Kadouri D, Zivanovic O, Roche KL, O'Cearbhaill R, Abu-Rustum NR, Levine DA, Sonoda Y, Gardner GJ, Leitao MM, Chi DS. Optimal primary management of bulky stage IIIC ovarian, fallopian tube and peritoneal carcinoma: Are the only options complete gross resection at primary debulking surgery or neoadjuvant chemotherapy? Gynecol Oncol 2017; 145:15-20. [PMID: 28238354 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2017.02.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2016] [Revised: 02/09/2017] [Accepted: 02/10/2017] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To explore the impact of primary debulking surgery (PDS) to minimal but gross residual disease (RD) in women with bulky stage IIIC ovarian, fallopian tube, or primary peritoneal cancer. METHODS We retrospectively reviewed all patients with the aforementioned diagnosis who underwent PDS at our institution from 01/2001-12/2010. Those with disease of non-epithelial histology or borderline tumors were excluded. Clinicopathologic data were abstracted, and appropriate statistical tests were used. RESULTS We identified 496 eligible patients. Median age was 62years; 91% had disease of serous histology. Patients were grouped by RD status: no gross RD, 184 (37%); RD of 1-5mm, 127 (26%); RD of 6-10mm, 54 (11%); and RD >10mm, 131 (26%). With a median follow-up of 53months, the median progression-free survivals (PFS) were: 26.7, 20.7, 16.2, and 13.6months, respectively (p<0.001). The median overall survivals (OS) were 83.4, 54.5, 43.8, and 38.9months, respectively (p<0.001). Among patients with RD following PDS, those with RD of 1-10mm had improved PFS (p<0.001) and OS (p=0.001) compared with those with RD >10mm. Patients with RD 1-10mm who received intravenous/intraperitoneal (IV/IP) chemotherapy were younger and had prolonged OS compared with those solely exposed to IV chemotherapy (p<0.001 and p=0.002, respectively). CONCLUSIONS PDS to no gross RD was associated with the longest PFS and OS. However, cytoreduction to 1-10mm of RD was also associated with better survival outcomes compared with cytoreduction to >10mm of RD. We conclude that PDS remains an appropriate option for patients with a high likelihood of achieving RD 1-10mm, especially for younger patients who can receive IV/IP chemotherapy after PDS.
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- Vasileios D Sioulas
- Gynecology Service, Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Gynecology Service, Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Gynecology Service, Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Gynecology Service, Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA
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- Gynecology Service, Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA
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- Gynecologic Medical Oncology Service, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA; Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA
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- Gynecology Service, Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA
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- Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, New York University Langone Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Gynecology Service, Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA
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- Gynecology Service, Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA
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- Gynecology Service, Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA
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- Gynecology Service, Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA.
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Xu X, Deng F, Lv M, Chen X. The number of cycles of neoadjuvant chemotherapy is associated with prognosis of stage IIIc-IV high-grade serous ovarian cancer. Arch Gynecol Obstet 2016; 295:451-458. [PMID: 27913927 DOI: 10.1007/s00404-016-4256-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2016] [Accepted: 11/25/2016] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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OBJECTIVE No consensus exists on the number of chemotherapy cycles to be administered before and after interval debulking surgery (IDS) in patients with advanced stage epithelial ovarian cancer. The present study aims to explore the optimal number of cycles of neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) and post-operation chemotherapy to treat the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics stage IIIc-IV high-grade serous ovarian cancer (HG-SOC). MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 129 IIIc-IV stage HG-SOC cases were retrospectively analyzed. Cases were comprised of patients who underwent NAC followed by IDS and who achieved clinical complete response (CCR) at the end of primary therapy. Patients were recruited from the Jiangsu Institute of Cancer Research between 1993 and 2013. Optimal IDS-associated factors were explored with logistic regression. The association between progression-free survival (PFS), overall survival (OS) duration, and covariates was assessed by Cox proportional hazards model and log-rank test. RESULTS The median number of NAC cycle was 3 (range 1-8). CA-125 decreasing kinetics (p = 0.01) was independently associated with optimal IDS. CA-125 decreasing kinetics, optimal IDS, and NAC cycles was independently associated with OS (p < 0.01, p < 0.01, p = 0.03, respectively) and PFS (p < 0.01, p < 0.01, p = 0.04, respectively). The PFS of patients who underwent ≥5 NAC cycles was shorter than those of patients who underwent <5 NAC cycles (12.3 versus 17.2 months). The PFS and OS of patients who underwent <5 cycles of adjuvant chemotherapy post-IDS were shorter than those of patients who underwent ≥5 cycles (14.2 and 20.3 versus 21.2 and 28.8 months). CONCLUSION NAC cycles, CA-125 decreasing kinetics, and optimal debulking are independently associated with the prognosis of patients with advanced stage HG-SOC who underwent NAC/IDS and achieved CCR. The number of administered NAC cycles should not exceed 4.
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- Xia Xu
- Department of Chemotherapy, Jiangsu Cancer Hospital, 42# Baiziting Street, Nanjing, 210009, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Gynecologic Oncology, Jiangsu Cancer Hospital, 42# Baiziting Street, Nanjing, 210009, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Gynecologic Oncology, Jiangsu Cancer Hospital, 42# Baiziting Street, Nanjing, 210009, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Gynecologic Oncology, Jiangsu Cancer Hospital, 42# Baiziting Street, Nanjing, 210009, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China.
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Rose PG, Java JJ, Morgan MA, Alvarez-Secord A, Kesterson JP, Stehman FB, Warshal DP, Creasman WT, Hanjani P, Morris RT, Copeland LJ. Disease extent at secondary cytoreductive surgery is predictive of progression-free and overall survival in advanced stage ovarian cancer: An NRG Oncology/Gynecologic Oncology Group study. Gynecol Oncol 2016; 143:511-515. [PMID: 27692669 PMCID: PMC5720165 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2016.09.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2016] [Revised: 09/01/2016] [Accepted: 09/03/2016] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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PURPOSE GOG 152 was a randomized trial of secondary cytoreductive surgery (SCS) in patients with suboptimal residual disease (residual tumor nodule >1cm in greatest diameter) following primary cytoreductive surgery for advanced stage ovarian cancer. The current analysis was undertaken to evaluate the impact of disease findings at SCS on progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS). METHODS Among the 550 patients enrolled on GOG-152, two-hundred-sixteen patients were randomly assigned following 3cycles of cisplatin and paclitaxel to receive SCS. In 15 patients (7%) surgery was declined or contraindicated. In the remaining 201 patients the operative and pathology reports were utilized to classify their disease status at the beginning of SCS as; no gross disease/microscopically negative N=40 (19.9%), no gross disease/microscopically positive N=8 (4.0%), and gross disease N=153 (76.1%). RESULTS The median PFS for patients with no gross disease/microscopically negative was 16.1months, no gross disease/microscopically positive was 13.5months and for gross disease was 11.7months, P=0.002. The median OS for patients with no gross disease/microscopically negative was 51.5months, no gross disease/microscopically positive was 42.6months and for gross disease was 34.9months, P=0.018. CONCLUSION Although as previously reported SCS did not change PFS or OS, for those who underwent the procedure, their operative and pathologic findings were predictive of PFS and OS. Surgical/pathological residual disease is a biomarker of response to chemotherapy and predictive of PFS and OS.
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MESH Headings
- Aged
- Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols/therapeutic use
- Carcinoma, Endometrioid/pathology
- Carcinoma, Endometrioid/surgery
- Chemotherapy, Adjuvant
- Cisplatin/administration & dosage
- Cytoreduction Surgical Procedures
- Disease-Free Survival
- Female
- Humans
- Kaplan-Meier Estimate
- Middle Aged
- Neoplasm Staging
- Neoplasm, Residual
- Neoplasms, Cystic, Mucinous, and Serous/pathology
- Neoplasms, Cystic, Mucinous, and Serous/surgery
- Ovarian Neoplasms/pathology
- Ovarian Neoplasms/surgery
- Paclitaxel/administration & dosage
- Prognosis
- Reoperation
- Survival Rate
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- Peter G Rose
- Dept. of OB/GYN, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH 44109, United States.
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- NRG Oncology Statistics & Data Center, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY 14263, United States.
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- Dept. of OB/GYN, University of Pennsylvania Hospital System, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, United States.
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- Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Dept. of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, United States.
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- Dept. of GYN/Oncology, Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA 17033, United States.
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- Section of Gyn Onc, Simon Cancer Center, Indianapolis, IN 46202, United States.
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- Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Cooper Health, Camden, NJ 08103, United States.
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- Dept. of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, United States.
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- Hanjani Institute for Gynecologic Oncology, Abington Memorial Hospital, Abington, PA 19001, United States.
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- Dept. of Oncology, Wayne State University Medical Center, Detroit, MI 48201, United States.
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- Dept. of Gynecologic Oncology, Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, OH 43210, United States.
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Improved outcomes with dose-dense paclitaxel-based neoadjuvant chemotherapy in advanced epithelial ovarian carcinoma. Gynecol Oncol 2016; 142:25-29. [PMID: 27130405 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2016.04.539] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2016] [Revised: 04/23/2016] [Accepted: 04/25/2016] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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OBJECTIVE We compared tolerability, toxicity, response, and interval debulking surgery (IDS) outcomes between patients who received weekly dose-dense paclitaxel (DDP) and every three-week platinum to standard every three-week taxane plus platinum neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACT) for advanced epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC). METHODS We conducted a retrospective study of patients receiving NACT at our center between June 1, 2012 and July 31, 2015. Patients with stage III/IV EOC who received at least one cycle of DDP (weekly paclitaxel plus every three-week carboplatin) or standard taxane (every three-week paclitaxel or docetaxel plus carboplatin) therapy were included. Abstracted data included demographics, tolerability, grade 3/4 toxicity, response, and IDS outcomes. Fisher's exact and student t-test were used for statistical significance. RESULTS Twenty-one patients received DDP and 40 received standard taxane. Tolerability was comparable. More patients receiving DDP experienced grade 3 or 4 toxicity when considered in aggregate (86% vs. 40%; p=0.001). Pathologic complete response (pCR) was achieved in 14% of DDP patients versus 3% of standard (p=0.11). 48% of patients in the DDP group were debulked to no residual disease (NRD) versus 28% in the standard group (p=0.16). CONCLUSIONS While associated with an increase in severe toxicity compared to standard three-week taxane, DDP appears to facilitate higher rates of pCR and NRD for patients receiving NACT in this preliminary study. These results warrant further investigation of DDP for patients with advanced EOC and assessment of impact on long-term survival outcomes.
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