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Thursday, July 01, 2010

Management of rare ovarian cancers: The experience of the French website «Observatory for rare malignant tumours of the ovaries» by the GINECO group



Background

Non-epithelial ovarian cancers are rare; their natural history is poorly understood and prognostic factors remain unclear. A French website (www.ovaire-rare.org) was developed to collect clinical cases and tumour samples in order to better define prognostic factors and develop specific trials. We report the results of the first 100 patients with germ cell (GCT) and sex cord-stromal (SCT) tumours.

 Conclusions

This online observatory allows assessing medical practice for GCT and SCT in France. Histological discrepancies between diagnosis and second opinion confirm the need for systematic review before treatment. Extension to other rare gynaecologic malignancies is on-going.