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Primary peritoneal serous carcinoma – diagnosis, management and prognosis

Magdalena Miedzińska1, Lubomir Bodnar2, Piotr Bobkiewicz3, Mariusz Bidziński1

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GIN ONKOL 2007, 5 (1), p. 15-21
Streszczenie

Primary peritoneal serous carcinoma (PPSC) is a rarely diagnosed malignancy. Furthermore, use of different terminology and classifications in reporting particular cases precludes collection and presentation of reliable epidemiological data. As a consequence, we lack adequate experience, enabling confident management of patients with this diagnosis. On histological grounds, PPSC is a neoplasm identical to invasive epithelial ovarian cancer. Also, patients present a similar profile of clinical symptoms. Most often these include abdominal pain, gastrointestinal disorders and weight loss. Clinical staging is based on surgical-pathological criteria of advanced ovarian cancer. Therapeutic management, i.e. combination of cytoreductive surgery and chemotherapy, is similar to that used in the treatment of late-stage ovarian cancer. Systemic adjuvant and palliative treatment includes chemotherapy protocols based on platinum derivates, recently combined with paclitaxel. Proper administration of combined treatment yields a high response rate and mean survival time of about 40 weeks. Prognosis in PPSC is not fully elucidated. Some studies indicate that prognosis is similar to that seen in late-stage ovarian cancer, while others report worse outcomes and shorter survival. Unfavourable prognostic factors include: suboptimal cytoreduction, poor general condition, advanced age of patient and 4th clinical stage. Data gathered hitherto point to highly similar natural course of PPSC and ovarian cancer, justifying the same therapeutic approach in both these conditions.

Słowa kluczowe
primary peritoneal serous carcinoma, advanced ovarian cancer, diagnosis, treatment, prognosis