Table 4

Published studies of adjuvant chemotherapy in early stage ovarian cancer

Study
Type of study
Treatment
Pts
5y RFS
5y OS

Young, 19906
Prospective, randomized
Melphalan 32P
68 73
80% 80%
81% 78%
Vergote, 19921
Prospective, randomized
Cisplatin 32P
171 169
81% 83%
75% 81%
Bolis, 19955
Prospective, randomized
Cisplatin 32P
82 79
85% 65%
81% 79%
Young, 199920
Prospective, randomized
Cyclo/Cisplatin 32P
107 98
77% 66%
84% 76%
Trope, 20007
Prospective, randomized
Carboplatin No treatment
81 81
70% 71%
86% 85%
Trimbos, 20038
Prospective, randomized
Platinum-based No treatment
224 224
76%* 68%
85% 78%
ICON1, 20039
Prospective, randomized
Platinum-based No treatment
241 236
73%@ 62%
79%# 70%
Present study
Retrospective, nonrandomized
Paclitaxel/Carboplatin
69
79%
87%

RFS: relapse-free survival; OS: overall survival; *: p = 0.02; @: p = 0.01; #: p = 0.03

Bamias et al. BMC Cancer 2006 6:228   doi:10.1186/1471-2407-6-228