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Table 1 The demographic and clinicopathological characteristics of patients with BOTs

From: Fertility-sparing surgery for young patients with borderline ovarian tumors (BOTs): single institution experience

 

Totality (n, %)

No recurrence (n, %)

Recurrence (n, %)

P value

Recurrence interval (m, mean)

P value

Infertility (n, %)

Pregnancy (n, %)

P value

Total number

122

114 (93.4 %)

8 (6.6 %)

N/A

25.9

 

11 (24.4 %)

34 (75.6 %)

 

Age (y, mean ± SD)

30.2 ± 7.3

30.3 ± 7.3

29.1 ± 6.8

0.65

N/A

 

29.7 ± 4.4

27.6 ± 4.5

0.19

Parity

         

 Multiparous

43 (35.2 %)

N/A

N/A

N/A

 Nulliparous

79 (64.8 %)

Tumor marker CA125 (tested)

83

        

 Normal

54 (65.1 %)

50 (92.6 %)

4 (7.4 %)

0.69

25.7

0.00

N/A

  

 Elevated

29 (34.9 %)

26 (89.7 %)

3 (10.3 %)

22.4

   

Lesion location

         

 Inner-ovary

94 (77.0 %)

89 (94.7 %)

5 (5.3 %)

0.38

31.9

0.00

6 (18.8 %)

26 (81.2 %)

0.25

 Extra-ovary

28 (23.0 %)

25 (89.3 %)

3 (10.7 %)

22.1

5 (38.5 %)

8 (61.5 %)

Lesion size (cm ± SD)

10.5 ± 7.0

10.4 ± 7.0

12.0 ± 7.9

0.59

N/A

 

8.7 ± 4.7

10.1 ± 6.8

0.52

Lesion lateral

         

 Unilateral

106 (86.9 %)

101 (95.3 %)

5 (4.7 %)

0.07

33.2

0.00

8 (22.9 %)

27 (77.1 %)

0.69

 Bilateral

16 (13.1 %)

13 (81.3 %)

3 (18.7 %)

23.0

3 (30.0 %)

7 (70.0 %)

FIGO stage

         

 Stage I

111 (91.0 %)

104 (93.7 %)

7 (6.3 %)

0.54

30.4

N/A

8 (20.0 %)

32 (80.0 %)

0.09

 > = Stage II

11 (9.0 %)

10 (90.9 %)

1 (9.1 %)

26.0

3 (60.0 %)

2 (40.0 %)

Pathology types

         

Endometriod

5 (4.1 %)

4 (80.0 %)

1 (20.0 %)

0.29

21.0

N/A

0

3 (100 %)

0.57

Serous and/or mucious

117 (95.9 %)

110 (94.0 %)

7 (6.0 %)

 

30.8

 

11 (26.2 %)

31 (73.8 %)

 

 Serous

64 (52.5 %)

60 (93.8 %)

4 (6.2 %)

1.00

35.9

0.00

9 (32.1 %)

19 (67.9 %)

0.45

 Mucinous

51 (41.8 %)

48 (94.1 %)

3 (5.9 %)

18.5

2 (15.4 %)

11 (84.6 %)

 Serous and mucinous

2 (1.6 %)

2

0

N/A

0

1

N/A

  1. Abbreviations: BOT borderline ovarian tumor FIGO, the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics, N/A not applicable