Characteristics and prognosis of borderline ovarian tumors in pre and postmenopausal patients
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GYNECOLOGIC ONCOLOGY
Characteristics and prognosis of borderline ovarian tumors in pre and postmenopausal patients Ori Tal1 · Hadas Ganer Herman1 · Ohad Gluck1 · Tally Levy1 · Ram Kerner1 · Jacob Bar1 · Ron Sagiv1 Received: 25 December 2019 / Accepted: 11 June 2020 © Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature 2020
Abstract Objective To compare patient characteristics, imaging results, surgical management and prognosis of borderline ovarian tumors (BOT) between pre and postmenopausal patients. Materials and methods A retrospective cohort of all cases of histologically verified BOT between 1990–2018, comparing presentation, imaging, surgical procedures and recurrence. Patients were included in the postmenopausal group if they reported 12 months of amenorrhea with or without menopausal symptoms. Results During this 28 year study period, 66 operations were performed in which BOT was confirmed. Postmenopausal patients were 37–89 years old and premenopausal patients 18–50 years old, with an average age of 63.9 ± 13.4 and 36.2 ± 8.4 years, respectively (p
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