Ovarian tumors in children: how common are lesion recurrence and metachronous disease? A UK CCLG Surgeons Cancer Group nationwide study

Ovarian tumors in children are rare, mature teratoma being the most common histological entity. Robust guidelines to aid patient follow-up after resection are distinctly lacking. Although mature teratoma has a very good prognosis following complete resection, small studies have reported the occurren...

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Published in:Journal of pediatric surgery 2020-10, Vol.55 (10), p.2026-2029
Main Authors: Braungart, S, Craigie, RJ, Farrelly, P, Losty, PD
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Child
Female
Follow-up
Humans
Neoplasm Recurrence, Local - epidemiology
Neoplasm Recurrence, Local - pathology
Ovarian Neoplasms - epidemiology
Ovarian Neoplasms - pathology
Ovarian teratoma
Ovarian tumor
Ovary-sparing surgery
Pediatric
Retrospective Studies
Teratoma - epidemiology
Teratoma - pathology
UK CCLG Surgeons
United Kingdom
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Summary:Ovarian tumors in children are rare, mature teratoma being the most common histological entity. Robust guidelines to aid patient follow-up after resection are distinctly lacking. Although mature teratoma has a very good prognosis following complete resection, small studies have reported the occurrence of metachronous disease and recurrence to a variable degree (2.5–23% of patients). Nevertheless, there are surgeons who recommend no follow-up is required for these children after primary tumor resection. We investigated the incidence of (i) recurrence and (ii) metachronous disease in pediatric patients following ovarian tumor resection. Retrospective multicenter study amongst UK pediatric surgical oncology centers. Females
ISSN:0022-3468
1531-5037
DOI:10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2019.10.059