@Article{Uysal2013,
journal="Contemporary Oncology/Współczesna Onkologia",
issn="1428-2526",
volume="17",
number="3",
year="2013",
title="Borderline ovarian tumors: a study of 100 cases from Tertiary Care Hospital",
abstract=" Aim of the study:  The purpose of the study was to evaluate patients with borderline ovarian tumors.   Material and methods:  Clinical features, treatment and survival status of 100 patients with borderline ovarian tumors were retrospectively evaluated between 1998 and 2007.   Results:  Patients’ mean age was 37.75 years (range: 15–72); 22 of them were postmenopausal. Histopathological diagnoses were serous, mucinous, endometrioid and clear cell in 54%, 41%, 2% and 3% of the patients, respectively; 70 pa­tients had stage IA disease, 8 were at stage IB, 16 at stage IC, 2 at stage IIIA, 3 at stage IIIB and 1 at stage IIIC. Restaging laparotomies were performed on 19 patients; fertility-sparing surgery was performed on 52 patients; 2 patients received chemotherapy because of advanced-stage disease. All patients are currently alive. The 5-year disease-free survival rate for 71 cases was 100%.   Conclusions : Borderline ovarian tumors have excellent prognoses, and fertility-conserving surgery can be performed in young patients with early-stage disease.",
author="Uysal, Ahmet
and Mun, Semih
and Uysal, Fatma
and Öztekin, Murat
and Büyüktosun, Cem
and Șehirali, Salim
and Bașoğul, Ömer
and Taner, Cüneyt E.",
pages="307--310",
doi="10.5114/wo.2013.34635",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.5114/wo.2013.34635"
}