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ArticleCancers2024

Survival in Elderly Ovarian Cancer Remains Challenging in the Nordic Countries.

Kari Hemminki, Frantisek Zitricky, Asta Försti, Akseli Hemminki

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Kari HemminkiBiomedical Center, Faculty of Medicine in Pilsen, Charles University in Prague, 30605 Pilsen, Czech Republic.ORCID 0000-0002-2769-3316
Frantisek ZitrickyBiomedical Center, Faculty of Medicine in Pilsen, Charles University in Prague, 30605 Pilsen, Czech Republic.
Asta FörstiHopp Children's Cancer Center (KiTZ), 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-9857-4728
Akseli HemminkiCancer Gene Therapy Group, Translational Immunology Research Program, University of Helsinki, 00290 Helsinki, Finland.ORCID 0000-0001-7103-8530

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European Union Horizon 2020 856620
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundDespite treatment having improved through intensive surgical procedures and chemotherapy-and more recently, targeted therapies-ovarian cancer is the most fatal female cancer. As such, we wanted to analyze age-specific survival trends for ovarian cancer in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden over the past 50 years, with a special aim of comparing survival development between the age groups.

methodsWe modelled survival data from the NORDCAN database for 1-, 5- and conditional 5/1-year relative (between years 1 and 5) survival for ovarian cancer from 1972 to 2021.

resultsYoung patients had a 70% 5-year survival while the survival was only 30% for the oldest patients. Conditional survival showed that survival between years 1 and 5 did not improve for patients older than 60 years throughout the 50-year period, during which time the gaps between the youngest and the oldest patients widened.

conclusionsImprovement in 1-year survival was so large that it masked the modest development between years 1 and 5, resulting in a widening age disparity in 5-year survival. The current treatment practices, which appear increasingly effective for younger patients, have not helped remedy the large age differences in ovarian cancer survival. Early detection methods and therapeutic innovations are urgently needed, and aged patients need a special focus.

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