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Daviu Cobián C, Oreskov JO, Blaakaer J, Jespersen E, Jørgensen TL, Ryg J, Herrstedt J, Høgdall C, Lund CM, Seibæk L, Vinther A, Ekmann-Gade AW, Schnack TH. Impact of FRAilty screening and Geriatric assessment and INtervention in older patients with epithelial Ovarian Cancer: A multicenter randomized clinical trial protocol (FRAGINOC). J Geriatr Oncol 2024; 15:101713. [PMID: 38326125 DOI: 10.1016/j.jgo.2024.101713] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2023] [Revised: 01/11/2024] [Accepted: 01/23/2024] [Indexed: 02/09/2024]
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INTRODUCTION Radical surgery combined with chemotherapy is the only potential curative treatment of patients with advanced epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC). However, 43% of older Danish patients with EOC are not referred to surgery due to frailty, age, or fear of complications. Comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) has demonstrated ability to reduce frailty in older patients, but there is a knowledge gap regarding its effect before or during treatment in older adults with EOC. This protocol presents a randomized controlled trial (RCT), which evaluates the effect of CGA-based interventions including individualized physical exercise therapy in older adults with EOC during neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACT). MATERIALS AND METHODS This RCT will include patients aged ≥70 years with primary EOC referred to NACT. Patients will be randomized 1:1 to intervention or standard of care, along with neoadjuvant antineoplastic treatment. Stratification for performance status and center of inclusion will be performed. In the intervention arm, a geriatrician will perform CGA and corresponding geriatric interventions and patients will undergo an individualized home-based exercise program managed by a physiotherapist. All patients will be evaluated with Geriatric-8, modified Geriatric-8, clinical frailty scale, and physical tests at randomization. Predictive values (positive/negative) will be evaluated for CGA detected impairments. The primary endpoint is the proportion of patients referred to interval debulking surgery (IDS). Secondary endpoints include the proportion who complete oncological treatment, improvements in physical tests, quality of life measured by European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer-Quality of Life questionnaires at inclusion, after three cycles of chemotherapy, and at end of chemotherapy treatment. Furthermore, the association between results of geriatric screening tests, CGA, and physical tests with complication rate and progression free survival will be examined. The primary outcome will be analyzed with logistic regression in the intention-to-treat population. Power calculations reveal the need to enroll 216 patients. DISCUSSION The present study examines whether CGA-based interventions including individualized physical exercise can increase the referral rate for potential curative IDS in older patients with EOC. If successful, this will result in more patients undergoing surgery and completing chemotherapy, preventing complications, and ultimately improving quality of life and survival. The study setup may establish the basis for direct clinical implementation if proven effective.
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- Cristina Daviu Cobián
- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Zealand University Hospital, Roskilde, Denmark; Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Odense University Hospital, Denmark.
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- Department of Gynecology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Denmark
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- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Odense University Hospital, Denmark; Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark; Academy of Geriatric Cancer Research (AgeCare), Odense University Hospital, Denmark
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- Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark; Department of Oncology, Odense University Hospital, Denmark
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- Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark; Academy of Geriatric Cancer Research (AgeCare), Odense University Hospital, Denmark; Department of Oncology, Odense University Hospital, Denmark
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- Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark; Academy of Geriatric Cancer Research (AgeCare), Odense University Hospital, Denmark; Department of Geriatric Medicine, Odense University Hospital, Denmark
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- Department of Clinical Oncology and Palliative Care, Zealand University Hospital, Roskilde, Denmark
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- Department of Gynecology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Denmark
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- Department of Medicine, Herlev and Gentofte hospital, Denmark; Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Copenhagen University, Denmark
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- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Department of Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy, Copenhagen University Hospital, Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, Herlev, Denmark; Hospital Secretariat and Communications, Research, Copenhagen University Hospital, Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, Herlev, Denmark
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Herlev University Hospital, Herlev, Denmark
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- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Odense University Hospital, Denmark; Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark
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Wenzel HHB, Hardie AN, Moncada-Torres A, Høgdall CK, Bekkers RLM, Falconer H, Jensen PT, Nijman HW, van der Aa MA, Martin F, van Gestel AJ, Lemmens VEPP, Dahm-Kähler P, Alfonzo E, Persson J, Ekdahl L, Salehi S, Frøding LP, Markauskas A, Fuglsang K, Schnack TH. A federated approach to identify women with early-stage cervical cancer at low risk of lymph node metastases. Eur J Cancer 2023; 185:61-68. [PMID: 36965329 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2023.02.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2022] [Revised: 02/22/2023] [Accepted: 02/22/2023] [Indexed: 02/27/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Lymph node metastases (pN+) in presumed early-stage cervical cancer negatively impact prognosis. Using federated learning, we aimed to develop a tool to identify a group of women at low risk of pN+, to guide the shared decision-making process concerning the extent of lymph node dissection. METHODS Women with cervical cancer between 2005 and 2020 were identified retrospectively from population-based registries: the Danish Gynaecological Cancer Database, Swedish Quality Registry for Gynaecologic Cancer and Netherlands Cancer Registry. Inclusion criteria were: squamous cell carcinoma, adenocarcinoma or adenosquamous carcinoma; The International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics 2009 IA2, IB1 and IIA1; treatment with radical hysterectomy and pelvic lymph node assessment. We applied privacy-preserving federated logistic regression to identify risk factors of pN+. Significant factors were used to stratify the risk of pN+. RESULTS We included 3606 women (pN+ 11%). The most important risk factors of pN+ were lymphovascular space invasion (LVSI) (odds ratio [OR] 5.16, 95% confidence interval [CI], 4.59-5.79), tumour size 21-40 mm (OR 2.14, 95% CI, 1.89-2.43) and depth of invasion>10 mm (OR 1.81, 95% CI, 1.59-2.08). A group of 1469 women (41%)-with tumours without LVSI, tumour size ≤20 mm, and depth of invasion ≤10 mm-had a very low risk of pN+ (2.4%, 95% CI, 1.7-3.3%). CONCLUSION Early-stage cervical cancer without LVSI, a tumour size ≤20 mm and depth of invasion ≤10 mm, confers a low risk of pN+. Based on an international privacy-preserving analysis, we developed a useful tool to guide the shared decision-making process regarding lymph node dissection.
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- Hans H B Wenzel
- Department of Research & Development, Netherlands Comprehensive Cancer Organisation, Utrecht, the Netherlands; Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University Medical Centre Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands.
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- Department of Pelvic Cancer, Karolinska University Hospital and Department of Women's and Children's Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Research & Development, Netherlands Comprehensive Cancer Organisation, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Gynaecology, Juliane Marie Centre, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, GROW School for Oncology and Developmental Biology, Maastricht University Medical Centre+, Maastricht, the Netherlands; Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Catharina Hospital, Eindhoven, the Netherlands
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- Department of Pelvic Cancer, Karolinska University Hospital and Department of Women's and Children's Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark; Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark; Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University Medical Centre Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Research & Development, Netherlands Comprehensive Cancer Organisation, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Research & Development, Netherlands Comprehensive Cancer Organisation, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Research & Development, Netherlands Comprehensive Cancer Organisation, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Research & Development, Netherlands Comprehensive Cancer Organisation, Utrecht, the Netherlands; Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital and Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital and Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Division of Gynaecologic Oncology, Skåne University Hospital and Lund University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Clinical Sciences, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Division of Gynaecologic Oncology, Skåne University Hospital and Lund University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Clinical Sciences, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Pelvic Cancer, Karolinska University Hospital and Department of Women's and Children's Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Gynaecology, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Department of Gynaecology, Juliane Marie Centre, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark; Department of Gynaecology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
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Oliveira DVNP, Schnack TH, Poulsen TS, Christiansen AP, Høgdall CK, Høgdall EV. Genomic Sub-Classification of Ovarian Clear Cell Carcinoma Revealed by Distinct Mutational Signatures. Cancers (Basel) 2021; 13:5242. [PMID: 34680390 PMCID: PMC8533704 DOI: 10.3390/cancers13205242] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2021] [Revised: 10/12/2021] [Accepted: 10/15/2021] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Ovarian clear cell carcinoma (OCCC) is characterized by dismal prognosis, partially due to its low sensitivity to standard chemotherapy regimen. It is also well-known for presenting unique molecular features in comparison to other epithelial ovarian cancer subtypes. Here, we aim to identify potential subgroups of patients in order to (1) determine their molecular features and (2) characterize their mutational signature. Furthermore, we sought to perform the investigation based on a potentially clinically relevant setting. To that end, we assessed the mutational profile and genomic instability of 55 patients extracted from the Gynecologic Cancer Database (DGCD) by using a panel comprised of 409 cancer-associated genes and a microsatellite assay, respectively; both are currently used in our routine environment. In accordance with previous findings, ARID1A and PIK3CA were the most prevalent mutations, present in 49.1% and 41.8%, respectively. From those, the co-occurrence of ARID1A and PIK3CA mutations was observed in 36.1% of subjects, indicating that this association might be a common feature of OCCC. The microsatellite instability frequency was low across samples. An unbiased assessment of signatures identified the presence of three subgroups, where "PIK3CA" and "Double hit" (with ARID1A and PIK3CA double mutation) subgroups exhibited unique signatures, whilst "ARID1A" and "Undetermined" (no mutations on ARID1A nor PIK3CA) subgroups showed similar profiles. Those differences were further indicated by COSMIC signatures. Taken together, the current findings suggest that OCCC presents distinct mutational landscapes within its group, which may indicate different therapeutic approaches according to its subgroup. Although encouraging, it is noteworthy that the current results are limited by sample size, and further investigation on a larger group would be crucial to better elucidate them.
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- Douglas V. N. P. Oliveira
- Molecular Unit, Department of Pathology, Herlev Hospital, University of Copenhagen, DK-2730 Herlev, Denmark; (D.V.N.P.O.); (T.S.P.)
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- Department of Gynecology, Juliane Marie Centre, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark; (T.H.S.); (C.K.H.)
- Department of Gynecology, Odense University Hospital, DK-5000 Odense, Denmark
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- Molecular Unit, Department of Pathology, Herlev Hospital, University of Copenhagen, DK-2730 Herlev, Denmark; (D.V.N.P.O.); (T.S.P.)
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- Department of Pathology, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark;
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- Department of Gynecology, Juliane Marie Centre, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark; (T.H.S.); (C.K.H.)
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- Molecular Unit, Department of Pathology, Herlev Hospital, University of Copenhagen, DK-2730 Herlev, Denmark; (D.V.N.P.O.); (T.S.P.)
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Sørensen SM, Schnack TH, Høgdall C. Impact of residual disease on overall survival in women with Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics stage IIIB-IIIC vs stage IV epithelial ovarian cancer after primary surgery. Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand 2018; 98:34-43. [PMID: 30168853 DOI: 10.1111/aogs.13453] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2018] [Revised: 07/16/2018] [Accepted: 08/22/2018] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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INTRODUCTION The objective of this study was to determine the impact of intra-abdominal residual disease size, type (carcinomatosis, tumor mass or both), and location (upper/lower abdominal/both) on overall survival in women with Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) stage IIIB-IIIC vs stage IV epithelial ovarian cancer who underwent primary debulking surgery. MATERIAL AND METHODS Altogether 2092 women diagnosed with advanced epithelial ovarian cancer undergoing primary debulking surgery in Denmark during 2005-2016 were identified in the Danish Gynecological Cancer Database. The impact of residual disease size, type, and location were evaluated using univariate and multivariate analyses. RESULTS Complete cytoreduction (residual disease = 0) was achieved in 47.3% and 38.4% of women with stage IIIB-IIIC and IV epithelial ovarian cancer, respectively. A benefit in overall survival was observed in women with residual disease = 0 compared with women with residual disease, and among women with residual disease ≤1 cm compared with residual disease >2 cm in both stages IIIB-IIIC and stage IV in multivariate analyses. Multivariate analyses showed an inferior overall survival for women with both residual carcinomatosis and residual tumor mass compared with those with residual tumor mass or residual carcinomatosis only for stage IIIB-IIIC and IV, and an inferior overall survival for women with residual disease located in both the upper and lower abdomen compared with residual disease in the upper abdomen only in stages IIIB-IIIC. CONCLUSIONS Our results confirm the positive prognostic impact of both complete cytoreduction and residual disease ≤1 cm in stages IIIB-IIIC as well as stage IV epithelial ovarian cancer. Women with stage IV do benefit from cytoreductive surgery and should be considered for primary debulking surgery, if residual disease = 0 can initially be expected.
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- Sarah M Sørensen
- Department of Gynecology, Rigshospitalet Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Gynecology, Rigshospitalet Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Gynecology, Rigshospitalet Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Thomsen LH, Schnack TH, Buchardi K, Hummelshoj L, Missmer SA, Forman A, Blaakaer J. Risk factors of epithelial ovarian carcinomas among women with endometriosis: a systematic review. Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand 2016; 96:761-778. [DOI: 10.1111/aogs.13010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2016] [Accepted: 08/23/2016] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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- Line H. Thomsen
- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics; Aarhus University Hospital; Aarhus Denmark
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- Gynecologic and Obstetric Department; Rigshospitalet University Hospital of Copenhagen; Copenhagen Denmark
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- Department of Obstetrics; Gynecology and Reproductive Biology College of Human Medicine; Michigan State University; Boston MA USA
- Department of Epidemiology; Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health; Boston MA USA
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- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics; Aarhus University Hospital; Aarhus Denmark
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- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics; Aarhus University Hospital; Aarhus Denmark
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Sørensen RD, Schnack TH, Karlsen MA, Høgdall CK. Serous ovarian, fallopian tube and primary peritoneal cancers: a common disease or separate entities - a systematic review. Gynecol Oncol 2015; 136:571-81. [PMID: 25615934 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2015.01.534] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2014] [Revised: 01/06/2015] [Accepted: 01/13/2015] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The aim of this systematic review is to analyze data on risk factors, epidemiology, clinicopathology and molecular biology from studies comparing primary peritoneal cancer, fallopian tube cancer and ovarian cancer of serous histology, in order to achieve a greater understanding of whether or not these disorders should be considered as separate entities. METHODS A systematic literature search was conducted in PubMed and MEDLINE. Case-control studies comparing primary serous peritoneal or fallopian tube carcinomas with primary serous ovarian carcinomas or a control group were included. RESULTS Twenty-eight studies were found eligible. Primary peritoneal cancer patients were older, had higher parity, were more often obese and had poorer survival compared to ovarian cancer patients. Differences in protein expression patterns of Her2/neu, estrogen and progestin receptors and frequency of loss of heterozygosity differed between primary peritoneal cancer and primary ovarian cancer patients. No major differences were found between primary fallopian tube cancer and primary ovarian cancer. The proportion of serous tubal intraepithelial carcinomas (STIC) was lower in primary peritoneal cancer and primary ovarian cancer compared to primary fallopian tube cancer. CONCLUSION Except from differences in the proportion of STIC only few differences between primary fallopian tube cancer and primary ovarian cancer have been found. In contrast, observed differences in risk factor profile, clinicopathologic and prognostic factors, as well as in the molecular patterns, indicate that peritoneal cancer and ovarian cancer may be linked to different carcinogenic pathways.
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- Rie D Sørensen
- Gynaecological Clinic, The Juliane Marie Center, Rigshospitalet University Hospital of Copenhagen, Blegdamsvej 9, 2100 København Ø, Denmark.
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- Gynaecologic and Obstetric Clinic, Roskilde Sygehus, Køgevej 7-13, 4000 Roskilde, Denmark.
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- Molecular Unit, Department of Pathology, Herlev University Hospital, Herlev Ringvej 75, 2730 Herlev, Denmark.
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- Gynaecological Clinic, The Juliane Marie Center, Rigshospitalet University Hospital of Copenhagen, Blegdamsvej 9, 2100 København Ø, Denmark.
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Geller F, Feenstra B, Carstensen L, Pers TH, van Rooij IALM, Körberg IB, Choudhry S, Karjalainen JM, Schnack TH, Hollegaard MV, Feitz WFJ, Roeleveld N, Hougaard DM, Hirschhorn JN, Franke L, Baskin LS, Nordenskjöld A, van der Zanden LFM, Melbye M. Genome-wide association analyses identify variants in developmental genes associated with hypospadias. Nat Genet 2014; 46:957-63. [DOI: 10.1038/ng.3063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2014] [Accepted: 07/18/2014] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Schnack TH, Sørensen RD, Nedergaard L, Høgdall C. Demographic clinical and prognostic characteristics of primary ovarian, peritoneal and tubal adenocarcinomas of serous histology--a prospective comparative study. Gynecol Oncol 2014; 135:278-84. [PMID: 25168689 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2014.08.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2014] [Revised: 07/27/2014] [Accepted: 08/15/2014] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Invasive serous adenocarcinomas may present as primary ovarian (POC), primary fallopian tube (PFC) or primary peritoneal (PPC) carcinomas. Whether they are variants of the same malignancy or develop through different pathways is debated. METHODS Population-based prospectively collected data on POC (n=1443), PPC (n=268) and PFC (n=171) cases was obtained from the Danish Gynecological Cancer Database (2005-2013). Chi-square, Fisher's or Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney test, multivariate logistic regression, Kaplan-Meier and multivariate Cox-regression were used as appropriate. Statistical tests were 2-sided. P-values of <0.05 were considered statistically significant. RESULTS PPC cases were older (P<0.0001), had a later age at menarche (P=0.02), a higher percentage were multi-parous (≥two children vs. no children) OR 1.70 (1.01-2.49) and both PPC and PFC tended to have a higher BMI (>35 vs. >18.5-25) than POC cases. PFC cases were diagnosed in earlier stages (P<0.001). In advanced stages a lower proportion had preoperative carcinosis or ascites, and a higher percentage had macro-radical surgery or lymphadenectomy compared to POC. In contrast, more PPC cases had post-operative carcinosis; whereas a lower proportion had lymphadenectomy or macro-radical surgery compared to POC. PPC had a significantly lower overall survival than POC, HR=1.24 (1.04-1.47). CONCLUSION We found differences in risk pattern profiles among the three groups, especially for PPC. Furthermore, the severity of stage specific disease differed significantly according to location, resulting in a lower overall survival for PPC. These differences warrant further research to determine to what extent PPC is a distinct disease entity.
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- Tine H Schnack
- Juliane Marie Centret, Gynaecological Clinic, University Hospital of Copenhagen, Blegdamsvej 9, 2100 København Ø, Denmark.
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- Juliane Marie Centret, Gynaecological Clinic, University Hospital of Copenhagen, Blegdamsvej 9, 2100 København Ø, Denmark.
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- Department of Pathology, University Hospital of Copenhagen, Blegdamsvej 9, 2100 København Ø, Denmark.
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- Juliane Marie Centret, Gynaecological Clinic, University Hospital of Copenhagen, Blegdamsvej 9, 2100 København Ø, Denmark.
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Schnack TH, Poulsen G, Myrup C, Wohlfahrt J, Melbye M. Familial Coaggregation of Cryptorchidism, Hypospadias, and Testicular Germ Cell Cancer: A Nationwide Cohort Study. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2010; 102:187-92. [DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djp457] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Schnack TH, Zdravkovic S, Myrup C, Westergaard T, Wohlfahrt J, Melbye M. Familial aggregation of cryptorchidism--a nationwide cohort study. Am J Epidemiol 2008; 167:1453-7. [PMID: 18436537 DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwn081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Although cryptorchidism is the most common birth defect in boys affecting 4-9 percent of newborns and 1-2 percent of boys 1 year of age, the etiology remains largely unknown. The authors investigated the contribution of genetic and environmental factors to familial aggregation of cryptorchidism. Using Danish health registers, they identified 25,395 boys diagnosed with cryptorchidism in a cohort of 1,022,713 boys born in 1977-2005. Using binomial log-linear regression, they estimated recurrence risk ratios (RRRs) of cryptorchidism for male twin pairs and first-, second-, and third-degree relatives of a cryptorchidism case. The RRR in same-sex twins was 10.1 (95% confidence interval (CI): 7.78, 13.1). The RRR among first-degree relatives was significantly higher among brothers (RRR = 3.52, 95% CI: 3.26, 3.79) than for offspring of a cryptorchidism case (RRR = 2.31, 95% CI: 2.09, 2.54). The RRR was also found to be significantly higher in maternal (RRR = 2.12, 95% CI: 1.74, 2.60) than paternal (RRR = 1.28, 95% CI: 1.01, 1.61) half brothers. In conclusion, inherited factors were found to have a moderate influence on the risk of cryptorchidism. The data are compatible with the hypothesis that maternal factors operating in utero are important for the risk of cryptorchidism.
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- Tine H Schnack
- Department of Epidemiology Research, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark.
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Schnack TH, Zdravkovic S, Myrup C, Westergaard T, Christensen K, Wohlfahrt J, Melbye M. Familial aggregation of hypospadias: a cohort study. Am J Epidemiol 2008; 167:251-6. [PMID: 18042671 DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwm317] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Hypospadias is one of the most common birth defects. However, its etiology remains largely unknown. The authors investigated the contribution of genetic and environmental factors to familial aggregation of hypospadias. Using Danish health registers, they identified 5,380 boys diagnosed with hypospadias in a cohort of 1,201,790 boys born in 1973-2005. Using binomial log-linear regression, they estimated recurrence risk ratios of hypospadias for male twin pairs and first-, second-, and third-degree relatives of a hypospadias case, which were 50.8 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 34.2, 75.5), 11.6 (95% CI: 9.75, 13.7), 3.27 (95% CI: 2.47, 4.34), and 1.33 (95% CI: 0.94, 1.88), respectively. Recurrence risk ratios did not differ for family members of a hypospadias case related to the same degree. In addition, the authors found no difference in the recurrence risk ratio for maternal compared with paternal second- and third-degree relatives of a hypospadias case. In conclusion, hypospadias was found to have a strong familial component and also to aggregate within more-distant relatives. Importantly, hypospadias was equally transmitted through the paternal and maternal sides of a family, and recurrence risk ratios for brothers and sons of a hypospadias case were similar. These findings indicate that genetic rather than intrauterine environmental factors have a principal role in causing familial hypospadias.
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- Tine H Schnack
- Department of Epidemiology Research, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark.
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