Adult Granulosa Cell Tumors of the Ovary: A Retrospective Study of 36 FIGO Stage I Cases with Emphasis on Prognostic Pathohistological Features.

Objective: Adult granulosa cell tumors (AGCTs) represent 2%-5% of all ovarian malignancies. The aim of this study was to analyze clinical and pathohistological parameters and their impact on recurrence, overall, and disease-free survival in FIGO stage I AGCT patients.

Methods: The tumor specimens analyzed in this retrospective study were obtained from a total of 36 patients with diagnosis of ovarian AGCT surgically treated at the Department of Gynecology, Rijeka University Hospital Centre, between 1994 and 2012.

Evaluation of adjuvant chemotherapy in patients with colorectal cancer in Primorsko-Goranska and Istarska County--a twenty years retrospective study.

Colorectal cancer is the second most common malignant disease in developed countries, with about one million new cases worldwide every year, accompanied with high mortality rate. We examined the survival rate and recurrence (occurrence of distant metastases and/or local recurrence) of patients with colorectal cancer in Primorsko-Goranska and Istarska County who received adjuvant chemotherapy, compared to those who did not in the period since 1980. until 1999.