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ArticleJournal of gynecologic oncology2022

Survival benefits of retroperitoneal lymphadenectomy for optimally-resected advanced ovarian high-grade serous carcinoma: a multi-institutional retrospective study.

Yoshiki Ikeda, Masato Yoshihara, Satoshi Tamauchi, Akira Yokoi, Nobuhisa Yoshikawa, Hiroaki Kajiyama

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Article in Journal of gynecologic oncology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 26% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Yoshiki IkedaDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-9456-0468
Masato YoshiharaDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan. myoshihara1209@med.nagoya-u.ac.jp.ORCID 0000-0001-5811-3137
Satoshi TamauchiDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan.ORCID 0000-0003-3130-3736
Akira YokoiDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan.ORCID 0000-0003-0789-5102
Nobuhisa YoshikawaDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan.ORCID 0000-0001-8662-9421
Hiroaki KajiyamaDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan.ORCID 0000-0003-0493-1825
Nagoya University · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveThe survival benefits of retroperitoneal lymphadenectomy (RLNA) for epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) remain controversial because clinical behaviors differ among subtypes. The purpose of the present study was to clarify whether RLNA increases the survival rate of advanced high-grade serous carcinoma (HGSC).

methodsThis was a retrospective cohort analysis of 3,227 patients with EOC treated between 1986 and 2017 at 14 institutions. Among them, 335 patients with stage IIB-IV HGSC who underwent optimal cytoreduction (residual tumor of <1 cm) were included. Patients were divided into the RLNA group (n=170) and non-RLNA group (n=165). All pathological slides were assessed based on a central pathological review. Oncologic outcomes were compared between the two groups in the original and weighted cohorts adjusted with the inverse probability of treatment weighting.

resultsThe median observation period was 49.8 (0.5-241.5) months. Overall, 219 (65%) out of 335 patients had recurrence or progression, while 146 (44%) died of the disease. In the original cohort, RLNA was a significant prognostic factor for longer progression-free survival (PFS) (hazard ratio [HR]=0.741; 95% confidence interval [CI]=0.558-0.985) and overall survival (OS) (HR=0.652; 95% CI=0.459-0.927). In the weighted cohort in which all variables were well balanced as standardized differences decreased, RLNA was also a significant prognostic factor for more favorable oncologic outcomes (PFS, adjusted HR=0.742; 95% CI=0.613-0.899) and OS, adjusted HR=0.620; 95% CI=0.488-0.787).

conclusionThe present study demonstrated that RLNA for stage III-IV HGSC with no residual tumor after primary debulking surgery contributed to better oncologic outcomes.

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Cytoreduction Surgical ProceduresOvarian NeoplasmsCarcinoma, Ovarian EpithelialFemaleHumansLymph Node ExcisionNeoplasm, ResidualNeoplasm StagingRetrospective StudiesEpithelial Ovarian CancerLymphadenectomyPropensity ScoreRecurrenceSerous CystadenocarcinomaSurvival Rate

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