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Introduction: The aims of this study were to describe survival outcomes in patients with ovarian cancer aged ≥80 years and to explore predictors of poor prognosis.

Methods: We collected clinical, demographic, histologic, surgical and follow-up data for patients with ovarian cancer aged ≥80 years from a multicenter French cohort (FRANCOGYN) who underwent surgery from 1999 to 2019. Primary endpoints were overall survival (OS) and disease-free survival (DFS).

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Article Synopsis
  • The study focused on managing and understanding the survival rates of endometrial cancer patients aged 80 and older to identify indicators of poor prognosis.
  • Data was collected from a French cohort, revealing that 184 out of 1647 patients treated for endometrial cancer were senior citizens, with a median overall survival of 16.4 months.
  • Findings indicate that not using chemotherapy when indicated significantly correlated with worse survival outcomes, emphasizing the need for elderly patients to follow standard care guidelines for treatment.
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Impact of severe obesity in the management of patients with high-risk endometrial cancer: A FRANCOGYN study.

J Gynecol Obstet Hum Reprod

September 2022

Gynecology Department of Rennes Teaching Hospital, Service de Gynécologie du CHU de Rennes, Hôpital sud 16 Bd de Bulgarie, Rennes 35000, France. Electronic address:

Objective: To assess the surgical management and survival of severely obese patients with high-risk endometrial cancer.

Materials And Methods: Data from 269 patients with high-risk endometrial cancer who were treated between 2001 and 2018 were collected from a multicenter database (11 centers). We classified the patients according to their BMI and compared outcomes in two groups: a normal weight group of women with a BMI < 25 kg/m, and a severe obesity group of women with a BMI ≥ 35 kg/m.

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