TY - JOUR
T1 - Second-look laparotomy in the management of malignant germ cell tumors of the ovary
AU - Gershenson, David M.
AU - Copeland, Larry J.
AU - Del Junco, Gerard
AU - Edwards, Creighton L.
AU - Wharton, J. Taylor
AU - Rutledge, Felix N.
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PY - 1986/6
Y1 - 1986/6
N2 - From 1970 to 1985, 53 patients with malignant nondysgerminomatous germ cell tumors of the ovary underwent second-look laparotomy after initial surgery and combination chemotherapy. Twenty-two patients had immature teratoma, 15 had endodermal sinus tumor, 15 had mixed germ cell tumor, and one patient had embryonal carcinoma. Thirty-one of the neoplasms were stage I, four were stage II, 17 were stage III, and one was stage IV. Two patients received a combination of actinomycin-D, 5-fluorouracil, and cyclophosphamide; four patients received vinblastine, bleomycin, and cisplatin; 44 patients received vincristine, actinomycin-D, and cyclophosphamide; and three patients received a combination of the last two regimens. Second-look findings were negative in 52 patients and positive in one patient who was subsequently salvaged with further chemotherapy. One patient with stage I endodermal sinus tumor relapsed nine months after a negative second-look laparotomy and died. Two patients with negative findings subsequently died of leukemia. Of 53 patients undergoing second-look laparotomy, three are dead (one of cancer and two of leukemia), and 50 patients are surviving without disease. Although the precise role of second-look laparotomy in patients with malignant germ cell tumors is yet to be established, possible indications are discussed.
AB - From 1970 to 1985, 53 patients with malignant nondysgerminomatous germ cell tumors of the ovary underwent second-look laparotomy after initial surgery and combination chemotherapy. Twenty-two patients had immature teratoma, 15 had endodermal sinus tumor, 15 had mixed germ cell tumor, and one patient had embryonal carcinoma. Thirty-one of the neoplasms were stage I, four were stage II, 17 were stage III, and one was stage IV. Two patients received a combination of actinomycin-D, 5-fluorouracil, and cyclophosphamide; four patients received vinblastine, bleomycin, and cisplatin; 44 patients received vincristine, actinomycin-D, and cyclophosphamide; and three patients received a combination of the last two regimens. Second-look findings were negative in 52 patients and positive in one patient who was subsequently salvaged with further chemotherapy. One patient with stage I endodermal sinus tumor relapsed nine months after a negative second-look laparotomy and died. Two patients with negative findings subsequently died of leukemia. Of 53 patients undergoing second-look laparotomy, three are dead (one of cancer and two of leukemia), and 50 patients are surviving without disease. Although the precise role of second-look laparotomy in patients with malignant germ cell tumors is yet to be established, possible indications are discussed.
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U2 - 10.1097/00006250-198606000-00008
DO - 10.1097/00006250-198606000-00008
M3 - Article
C2 - 3010204
AN - SCOPUS:0022515463
SN - 0029-7844
VL - 67
SP - 789
EP - 793
JO - Obstetrics and gynecology
JF - Obstetrics and gynecology
IS - 6
ER -