Epidemiology and prognosis of ovarian metastases in colorectal cancer

Abstract

Ovarian metastases from colorectal cancer are uncommon.

Ovarian Metastasis Is Associated with Retroperitoneal Lymph Node Relapses in Women Treated for Colorectal Peritoneal Carcinomatosis

“…5 This finding supports the need for a systematic bilateral oophorectomy during CRS plus IPC. However, the presence of OM does not seem to affect prognosis in cases of colorectal peritoneal carcinomatosis, with a survival comparable between patients with and without OM, as described by Evers and Verwaal.…”

“…Indeed, synchronous OM are reported in 1-9 % of the women undergoing surgical resection of a primary CRC, and metachronous OM occur in only 1-7 %. [2][3][4][5] In cases of peritoneal carcinomatosis, more than half of the women have OM diagnosed either before or synchronously. 6 In recent years, the survival of patients with colorectal peritoneal carcinomatosis (CRPC) has improved as a result of multimodal treatment combining surgical complete cytoreduction (CRS) and intraperitoneal chemotherapy (IPC).…”

Methylation Status and Immunohistochemistry of BRCA1 in Epithelial Ovarian Cancer

“…Age of EOC patients most commonly occured in age ≥40 years 73.9% and 26.1% aged <40 years, others studied reported in Lahore India that the median age of EOC was 47 years old (Saeed and Akram, 2012) and in Sweden median age of ovarian cancer was 75 years old (Segelman et al, 2010). The studies on the prognostic implication of age in ovarian cancer are inconclusive.…”

A Krukenberg Tumor from an Occult Intramucosal Gastric Carcinoma Identified during an Autopsy

“…According to a study of a large series of Krukenberg tumors, the primary tumors comprise gastric (76%), colorectal (11%), breast (4%), biliary tract (3%), and others (6%) [5]. Because the management and prognosis vary depending on the primary tumor [6–10], identifying the primary lesion is important. However, in many cases, the primary tumor cannot be found until the diagnosis of a Krukenberg tumor, and, occasionally, it is never found.…”