Gynecologic oncology
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Gynecologic oncology · May 2001
Multicenter StudyAnalysis of treatment failures and survival of patients with fallopian tube carcinoma: a cooperation task force (CTF) study.
The objective of this retrospective multicenter study was to assess the pattern of failures and survival of patients with primary carcinoma of the fallopian tube. ⋯ Primary carcinoma of the fallopian tube shares several biological and clinical features with ovarian carcinoma. However, when compared with the latter, fallopian tube carcinoma more often tends to recur in retroperitoneal nodes and distant sites. Stage, patient age, and, among patients with advanced disease, residual tumor after initial surgery represent important prognostic variables for survival.