Postchemotherapy Histopathological Evaluation of Ovarian Carcinoma: A 40-Case Study

Ovarian carcinomas are conventionally treated with primary debulking surgery followed by chemotherapy. Nowadays neoadjuvant chemotherapy followed by surgery is an upcoming treatment modality for ovarian carcinoma. This study highlights the histopathological changes observed after neoadjuvant chemoth...

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Published in:Chemotherapy Research and Practice 2015-01, Vol.2015 (2015), p.a1-4
Main Authors: Tiwana, Kanwardeep Kaur, Nibhoria, Sarita, Kaur, Manmeet, Monga, Tanvi, Gupta, Ratika
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adjuvant treatment
Cancer
Clinical Study
Drug therapy
Histochemistry
Ovarian cancer
Patient outcomes
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Summary:Ovarian carcinomas are conventionally treated with primary debulking surgery followed by chemotherapy. Nowadays neoadjuvant chemotherapy followed by surgery is an upcoming treatment modality for ovarian carcinoma. This study highlights the histopathological changes observed after neoadjuvant chemotherapy. Present study is a 40-case study stressing five histological parameters: residual tumour, fibrosis, necrosis, inflammation, and psammoma bodies. All these parameters carry prognostic significance and they are easily reproducible. Fleiss kappa statistics were used to measure intraobserver agreement between pathologists which was found to be substantial to almost perfect with κ ranging between 0.621 and 1.00. This study highlights easily reproducible parameters and their incorporation in histopathology report, thus helping in patient management.
ISSN:2090-2107
2090-2115
DOI:10.1155/2015/197871