Primary cytoreductive surgery and adjuvant hormone therapy in women with advanced low-grade serous carcinoma: Reducing overtreatment without compromising survival?

2016 ◽  
Vol 141 ◽  
pp. 29-30
Author(s):  
A. Nickles Fader ◽  
A.M. Jernigan ◽  
J. Bergstrom ◽  
E.J. Tanner ◽  
R.J. Kurman ◽  
...  
2022 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
You Wu ◽  
Nan Li ◽  
Rong Zhang ◽  
Ping Bai

Abstract Background This study aimed to analyze the clinical and pathological features of extrauterine endometrial stromal sarcoma (EESS) and explore an effective therapeutic regimen to reduce the recurrence rate in low-grade EESS patients. Methods Ten LG-EESS patients who were treated at the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences Cancer Institute and Hospital from June 1999 to June 2019 were collected and analyzed. Results (1) Patient demographics are summarized in manuscript. Preoperative CA125 examination showed that 8 patients had a median level of 49.5 U/L (15.4–168.0 U/L). (2) All ten patients underwent tumor cytoreductive surgery. Five patients underwent optimal tumor resection and achieved an R0 resection. After the initial surgery, 7 patients who had multiple metastasis were treated with adjuvant chemotherapy, 2 patients with vaginal ESS were treated with chemotherapy and radiation therapy, and 6 patients with ER/PR positive received hormone therapy with or without chemotherapy. (2) Most EESS patients had multiple tumors. The omentum was the most commonly affected site, followed by the ovaries. (3) The median follow-up was 94 (range: 27–228) months, and recurrence was observed in 3 patients (n = 10, 30%) who underwent non-optimal surgery and no hormone therapy. The 5-year and 10-year DFS rates were both 70%, as shown in Fig. 2. OS was both 100% at 5 and 10 years. Conclusion As a conclusion, EESS is a rare disease and LG-EESS has a good prognosis. Surgery remains the available treatment for patients. LG-EESS has a risk of late recurrence which requires a long-term follow-up. With a limited sample size, our study shows optimal tumor reductive surgery and adjuvant hormone therapy may significantly reduce the risk of recurrence.


Diagnostics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 199 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giacomo Santandrea ◽  
Simonetta Piana ◽  
Riccardo Valli ◽  
Magda Zanelli ◽  
Elisa Gasparini ◽  
...  

The term “ovarian carcinoma” encompasses at least five different malignant neoplasms: high-grade serous carcinoma, low-grade serous carcinoma, endometrioid carcinoma, mucinous carcinoma, and clear cell carcinoma. These five histotypes demonstrated distinctive histological, molecular, and clinical features. The rise of novel target therapies and of a tailored oncological approach has demanded an integrated multidisciplinary approach in the setting of ovarian carcinoma. The need to implement a molecular-based classification in the worldwide diagnostic and therapeutic setting of ovarian cancer demanded a search for easy-to-use and cost-effective molecular-surrogate biomarkers, relying particularly on immunohistochemical analysis. The present review focuses on the role of immunohistochemistry as a surrogate of molecular analysis in the everyday diagnostic approach to ovarian carcinomas.


2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sofia Amante ◽  
Filipa Santos ◽  
Teresa Margarida Cunha

AbstractLow-grade serous carcinoma (LGSC) is an infrequent subtype of ovarian cancer, corresponding to 5% of epithelial neoplasms. This subtype of ovarian carcinoma characteristically has molecular features, pathogenesis, clinical behaviour, sensitivity to chemotherapy, and prognosis distinct to high-grade serous carcinoma (HGSC). Knowing the difference between LGSC and other ovarian serous tumours is vital to guide clinical management, which currently is only possible histologically. However, imaging can provide several clues that allow differentiating LGSC from other tumours and enable precise staging and follow-up of ovarian cancer treatment. Characteristically, LGSC appears as mixed lesions with variable papillary projections and solid components, usually in different proportions from those detected in serous borderline tumour and HGSC. Calcified extracellular bodies, known as psammoma bodies, are also a common feature of LGSC, frequently detectable within lymphadenopathies and metastases associated with this type of tumour. In addition, the characterisation of magnetic resonance imaging enhancement also plays an essential role in calculating the probability of malignancy of these lesions. As such, in this review, we discuss and update the distinct radiological modalities features and the clinicopathologic characteristics of LGSC to allow radiologists to be familiarised with them and to narrow the differential diagnosis when facing this type of tumour.


Cancer ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 117 (2) ◽  
pp. 398-405 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tina W. F. Yen ◽  
Linda K. Czypinski ◽  
Rodney A. Sparapani ◽  
Changbin Guo ◽  
Purushottam W. Laud ◽  
...  

2021 ◽  
Vol 39 (15_suppl) ◽  
pp. TPS5601-TPS5601
Author(s):  
Amanda Nickles Fader ◽  
Lilian Tran Gien ◽  
Austin Miller ◽  
Al Covens ◽  
David Marc Gershenson

TPS5601 Background: Low-grade serous carcinoma of the ovary or peritoneum (LGSOC) is a rare subtype of epithelial carcinoma. Differences in epidemiology, pathogenesis, disease presentation, and clinical outcomes have been characterized between women diagnosed with LGSOC and those with the p53-driven high-grade serous carcinoma (HGSOC). Ultimately, patients with LGSOC should be treated differently than those with HGSOC. Several studies suggest that LGSOC is relatively chemoresistant and that most tumors robustly express estrogen and progesterone receptors. Recently, retrospective reports suggest that utilization of the aromatase inhibitor, letrozole, as monotherapy or in addition to platinum/taxane-based chemotherapy in those with primary advanced-stage LGSOC results in preliminarily promising survival outcomes. Methods: This study is a two-arm, randomized, open-label, Phase III clinical trial. The primary objective is to assess whether letrozole monotherapy (2.5 mg po daily) is non-inferior to carboplatin (AUC 5-6) and paclitaxel (175 mg/m2) followed by letrozole maintenance therapy with respect to progression free survival in women with primary, Stage II-IV LGSOC who have undergone an attempt at maximal surgical cytoreduction. Secondary endpoints include incidence of adverse events, objective response rate in those with measurable disease after surgery, response duration, overall survival, and adherence to letrozole maintenance therapy. Study subjects must have undergone a bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy, and p53 IHC testing of tumors is required to rule out those with aberrant p53 expression commonly observed in HGSOC tumors. Study strata include residual disease status and country of enrollment. Four hundred and fifty patients will be enrolled in the United States, Canada and South Korea through the NRG Oncology trials network. Correlative aims include analyzing the association of ER/PR tumoral expression with aromatase inhibitor therapy response and determining ESR1 mutational status in those who develop letrozole resistance. The study includes two interim analyses; at 20% information time, a futility analysis will be conducted, and at 40% information time, both efficacy and futility will be assessed. This is one of the first randomized trials performed in women with primary, advanced LGSOC, and the study is open with 71 patients enrolled at the time of abstract submission. Clinical trial information: NCT04095364.


2019 ◽  
pp. 479-487
Author(s):  
Andrea K. Shimada ◽  
João Victor Machado Alessi ◽  
Bruna Zucchetti ◽  
Artur Katz

2013 ◽  
Vol 32 (6) ◽  
pp. 529-535 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rola H. Ali ◽  
Steve E. Kalloger ◽  
Jennifer L. Santos ◽  
Kenneth D. Swenerton ◽  
C. Blake Gilks

2011 ◽  
Vol 29 (30) ◽  
pp. e763-e765 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donata Rohsbach ◽  
Fabian Trillsch ◽  
Marc Regier ◽  
Matthias Choschzick ◽  
Friedrich Kommoss ◽  
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