Author(s)

Hiromi Ugaki, Yosiko Komoto, Reisa Kakubari, Eriko Tanaka, Hisashi Konishi, Toshihiro Kitai, Saori Nakajima, Miho Muraji, Takayuki Enomoto, Masahiko Takemura

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Science, Niigata, Japan..
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Osaka General Medical Center, Osaka, Japan.

Objective: The prognostic impact for ovarian cancer treatment of employing a systematic para-aortic and pelvic lymphadenectomy is still poorly defined. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the therapeutic efficacy of adding a para-aortic lymphadenectomy (PA) to the pelvic lymphadenectomy (PL), as compared with solely the pelvic lymphadenectomy. Materials and Methods: A retrospective study of patient outcomes was conducted of ovarian cancer patients who underwent optimal debulking surgery, concurrent with either PA + PL or PL alone, between 2000 and 2009 at our Osaka General Medical Center. Results: One hundred twenty-one patients with ovarian cancer underwent surgery. Forty-four patients (36%) underwent optimal debulking surgery (all residual disease was <1 cm) concurrent with lymphadenectomy. Seventeen patients underwent PA + PL (PA group), and 27 patients underwent PL alone (PL group). There were no significant differences in terms of overall survival (OS; hazard ratio [HR] = 0.49; 95% CI, 0.13 to 1.82; p = 0.29) and progression-free survival (PFS; HR = 0.62; 95% CI, 0.19 to 2.00; p = 0.40) between the PA group and the PL group. Both OS and PFS also failed to show significant differences, even when comparing them among 26 cases of FIGO stage I cases. Conclusions: Our data failed to show any prognostic improvement for ovarian cancer by adding para-aortic lymphadenectomy to the standard pelvic lymphadenectomy regimen.

Ovarian Cancer; Pelvic Lymphadenectomy; Para-Aortic Lymphadenectomy

H. Ugaki, Y. Komoto, R. Kakubari, E. Tanaka, H. Konishi, T. Kitai, S. Nakajima, M. Muraji, T. Enomoto and M. Takemura, "Efficacy of Para-Aortic Lymphadenectomy in Ovarian Cancer: A Retrospective Study," Journal of Cancer Therapy, Vol. 4 No. 5A, 2013, pp. 28-32. doi: 10.4236/jct.2013.45A005.