FIGO: Staging Classification for Cancer of the Ovary, Fallopian Tube, and Peritoneum: Estimation of Survival in Patients With Node-Positive Epithelial Ovarian Cancer

abstract

OBJECTIVE:

The objective of this study was to determine the survival of patients with node-positive epithelial ovarian cancer according to the 2014 International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) staging system.

MATERIALS AND METHODS:

We performed a retrospective chart review. Data from all consecutive patients with node-positive epithelial ovarian cancer (stages IIIC and IV) who underwent cytoreductive surgery at the Mayo Clinic from 1996 to 2000 were reassessed to evaluate the prognostic significance of the new FIGO stages.......

CONCLUSIONS:

The current 2014 FIGO staging system for ovarian cancer successfully correlates survival, anatomical location of peritoneal metastases, and extra-abdominal lymph node metastases.