Abstract:
Objective To explore the clinicopathological characteristics and prognostic factors of patients with ovarian metastasis from gastric cancer.
Methods We retrospectively analyzed the clinical data and treatment strategies of 83 patients with metastatic ovarian tumors treated at PLA General Hospital between January 2006 and December 2017. Univariate analysis using the Log-rank test and multivariate analysis using the Cox proportional-hazards model were used to identify the prognostic factors.
Results The median diameter of the metastatic ovarian tumors was 7.1 (1.0-24.0) cm. Of these patients, 36 (43.4%) had unilateral metastasis and 47 (56.6%) had bilateral metastasis; 35 (42.2%) patients had peritoneal metastasis. All patients received chemotherapy, including 57 (68.7%) patients who underwent combined-modality resection of the metastatic tumors and 22 patients (26.5%) who received hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy. Of these patients, 74 (89.1%) were followed up, with a median survival time of 1595% confidence interval (CI):12.5-17.5 months. The 1-year, 3-year, and 5-year overall survival rates were 71.1%, 6.5%, and 0, respectively. Univariate analysis showed that risk factors including ≥ 6 metastatic lymph nodes, metastasectomy, synchronous ovarian metastasis, peritoneal carcinomatosis, estrogen receptor (ER) positivity, and high levels of serum carcinoembryonic antigen and cancer antigen-125 (CA125) might affect the prognosis (P < 0.05). Multivariate analysis showed that metastasectomy, synchronous ovarian metastasis, combined peritoneal carcinomatosis, and ER positivity were independent factors affecting prognosis (P < 0.05).
Conclusions We found that the presence of synchronous ovarian metastasis or combined peritoneal carcinomatosis indicated a poor prognosis; in contrast, ER-positivity predicted a better prognosis than ER-negativity. Metastasectomy may prolong the survival of patients.