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Aug 27, 2009 Primary peritoneal cancer (PPC) is staged like ovarian cancer, with all cases being either stage III or IV depending on whether the cancer...
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www.cancer.org/docroot/CRI/content/CRI_2_4_3X_How_is_ov...
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The International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) has standardized the staging of gynecological cancers (see Staging). FIGO stage is so powerful a predictor of prognosis in ovarian cancer that most other putative prognostic factors are of little importance in comparison to stage.
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ovariancancer.jhmi.edu/prognosis.cfm
ovariancancer.jhmi.edu/prognosis.cfm
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Ovarian Cancer: Facing the Facts The most advanced form is Stage IV which has a very low survival rate—only about 5 percent of those diagnosed with Stage IV ovarian cancer will survive for five years. The overall fiveyear survival of all patients with ovarian cancer, regardless of stage, is about 30 percent...
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www.healthsquare.com/fgwh/wh1ch40.htm
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Ovarian cancer usually has a poor prognosis. of patients presenting with this cancer already have stage III or stage IV cancer,
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ovarian_cancer
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ovarian_cancer
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jco.ascopubs.org/cgi/reprint/26/10/1771
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; PURPOSE: In this report we present the natural history, prognostic factors, and therapeutic implications of stage IV epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC). CONCLUSION: Patients with stage IV EOC initially respond to chemotherapy as often as those with less advanced disease, but the long-term prognosis is very poor.
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jco.ascopubs.org/cgi/content/full/17/3/767
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Stage IV is the last category of the stages of ovarian cancer. Patients in this stage typically exhibit parenchymal liver metastases and extra-abdominal metastases. Thirteen percent of patients alive are in stage IV. Prognosis of Ovarian Cancer, Nothing is Set in Stone...
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ezinearticles.com/?Stage-4-Ovarian-Cancer&id=408001
ezinearticles.com/?Stage-4-Ovarian-Cancer&id=408001
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Stage I: Ovarian cancer that is confined to one or both ovaries. Stage II: Ovarian cancer that has spread to pelvic organs (e.g., uterus, fallopian tubes), but has not spread to abdominal organs. Stage IV: Ovarian cancer that has spread outside to distant sites (e.g., lung, brain, lymph nodes in the neck).
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www.oncologychannel.com/ovariancancer/staging.shtml
www.oncologychannel.com/ovariancancer/staging.shtml
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Conclusions Incorporating paclitaxel into first-line therapy improves the duration of progression-free survival and of overall survival in women with incompletely resected stage III and stage IV ovarian cancer.
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content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/334/1/1
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