Diagnostic accuracy of risk of malignancy index in predicting complete tumor removal at primary debulking surgery for ovarian cancer patients

Carsten L Fagö-Olsen, Fanny Håkansson, Sofie L Antonsen, Estrid Høgdall, Lene Lundvall, Lotte Nedergaard, Svend A Engelholm, Claus Høgdall

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Abstract

Ovarian cancer patients in whom complete tumor removal is impossible with primary debulking surgery (PDS) may benefit from neoadjuvant chemotherapy and interval debulking surgery. However, the task of performing a pre-operative evaluation of the feasibility of PDS is difficult. We aimed to investigate whether the risk of malignancy index (RMI) was a useful marker for this evaluation. RMI and surgical outcome were investigated in 164 patients, 49 of whom had no residual tumor after PDS. The receiver operating characteristic curve showed an area under the curve of 0.72 (confidence interval: 0.64-0.80). The possibility of complete tumor removal decreased with increasing RMI and there was a tendency towards higher RMI in patients with residual tumor after PDS, but no single cut-off value of RMI produced useful clinical predictive values. In conclusion, RMI alone is not an optimal method to determine whether complete tumor removal is possible with PDS.
Original languageEnglish
JournalActa Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica
Volume92
Issue number6
Pages (from-to)721-6
Number of pages6
ISSN0001-6349
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jun 2013

Keywords

  • Age Factors
  • Aged
  • CA-125 Antigen
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Membrane Proteins
  • Middle Aged
  • Neoplasm, Residual
  • Ovarian Neoplasms
  • ROC Curve
  • Risk Assessment

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