Table 1

Baseline characteristics of patients (n = 50)

Age (years)
Median
60



Range
34–76

Residual disease
Absent
17
(34%)

≤ 1 cm
6
(12%)

> 1 cm
23
(46%)

Surgery not performed
4
(8%)

Stage
IC
3
(6%)

II
6
(12%)

III
29
(58%)

IV
12
(24%)

PS
0
30
(60%)

1
18
(36%)

2
2
(4%)

Grading
1
2
(4%)

2
14
(28%)

3
22
(44%)

4
12
(24%)

Histologic type
Serous
30
(60%)

Mucinous
3
(6%)

Endometrioid
7
(14%

Undifferentiated
3
(6%)

Clear cell
1
(2%)

Mixed
4
(8%)

Other
2
(4%)

PS = Performance Status

Pignata et al. BMC Cancer 2006 6:202   doi:10.1186/1471-2407-6-202