Compliance to clinical guidelines for early-stage epithelial ovarian cancer in relation to patient outcome.

Objectives: To assess compliance to current surgical staging and adjuvant treatment guidelines for patients with early-stage epithelial ovarian carcinoma and its impact on overall survival.

Methods: Patients diagnosed between 1991 and 1997 with early-stage ovarian cancer were recruited from the Regional Cancer Registry of the central region in the Netherlands. Demographic data, tumour characteristics, surgical findings and therapeutic data were abstracted from medical records.

Compliance to surgical and radiation treatment guidelines in relation to patient outcome in early stage endometrial cancer.

Rationale, Aims And Objectives: We evaluated the adherence to treatment guidelines in early stage endometrial cancer and the influence of adherence to guidelines on overall survival.

Method: Patients were identified in the central region in the Netherlands from 1990 till 1995. Patient and tumour characteristics, surgical findings, radiation and follow-up data were abstracted from medical records.