PROLIFERATING OVARIAN EPITHELIAL TUMORS - CLINICOPATHOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF 144 CASES

Summary: : In a 25‐year period, 144 patients with proliferating epithelial ovarian tumours were treated at the King George V Memorial Hospital. These tumours were classified according to the World Health Organisation (WHO) Histological Classification of Ovarian Tumours and subsequently divided into 4 grades of proliferation, again on histological criteria. The tumours were staged at laparotomy in accord with the recommendations of the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO). Follow‐up data, analysed by a life‐table method, were correlated against histological type of tumour, histological grade of proliferation, clinical/laparotomy stage, and mode of surgical therapy. Stage 1 proliferating tumours may be treated by surgery alone, including unilateral salpingo‐oophorectomy in selected cases. Stage 2 and Stage 3 tumours should be treated similarly to invasive ovarian carcinomas of the same stage, despite their overall favourable prognosis. Copyright © 1979, Wiley Blackwell. All rights reserved