Table 3.
Comparison of women under 45 years of age with stage I disease who had or had not undergone fertility preservation (N=76)
Variable | Fertility Preservation | p* | |
---|---|---|---|
No | Yes | ||
44 | 32 | ||
| |||
Center | |||
MSK | 3 (7%) | 6 (19%) | 0.013 |
GRCC | 33 (75%) | 26 (81%) | |
DEN | 8 (18%) | 0 (0%) | |
| |||
Age at Diagnosis | |||
Median | 38 | 26 | <0.001 |
Range | 17–45 | 15–40 | |
| |||
Smoker (6 missing) | |||
Yes | 10 (25%) | 8 (27%) | 1 |
| |||
Capsule Rupture (2 missing) | |||
Yes | 13 (30%) | 16 (52%) | 0.091 |
| |||
Cytology** | |||
Yes | 41 (93%) | 32 (100%) | – |
Positive Cytology (1 missing)** | |||
Yes | 4 (10%) | 0 (0%) | – |
| |||
Appendectomy (3 missing) | |||
Yes | 35 (85%) | 27 (84%) | 1 |
| |||
Omentectomy** | |||
Yes | 41 (93%) | 31 (97%) | – |
| |||
Pelvic Lymphadenectomy (1 missing) | |||
Yes | 17 (39%) | 13 (41%) | 1 |
Median | 13 | 14 | 0.967 |
Range | 5–33 | 1–34 | |
Para-aortic Lymphadenectomy (1 missing) | |||
Yes | 15 (34%) | 16 (50%) | 0.237 |
Median | 13 | 8.5 | 0.1 |
Range | 2–42 | 2–29 | |
| |||
Grade (20 missing)** | |||
G1 | 22 (69%) | 18 (75%) | 0.767 |
G2/G3 | 10 (31%) | 6 (25%) | |
| |||
Chemotherapy*** | |||
Yes | 14 (39%) | 6 (19%) | 0.109 |
Median Number of Cycles | 6 | 5 | 0.175 |
Range | 4–8 | 3–9 | |
Chemotherapy Regimen Type*** | |||
Gynecologic | 11 (79%) | 4 (67%) | 0.613 |
Gastrointestinal | 3 (21%) | 2 (33%) | |
| |||
Upper GI Endoscopy*** | |||
Yes | 8 (22%) | 6 (19%) | 0.722 |
Lower GI Endoscopy*** | |||
Yes | 11 (31%) | 4 (12.5%) | 0.087 |
Combined Upper and Lower GI Endoscopy*** | |||
Yes | 12 (33%) | 6 (19%) | 0.271 |
| |||
CA125 >35 U/mL*** (24 missing) | |||
Yes | 8 (35%) | 5 (24%) | 0.518 |
| |||
Tumor Size, cm*** (10 missing) | |||
Median | 13 | 15 | 0.533 |
Range | 8–30 | 4.5–36 |
GCCR, Gustave Roussy Cancer Campus; DEN, Rigshospitalet in Denmark; MSK = Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; GI = gastrointestinal
p values were obtained using the Wilcoxon rank sum test for continuous variables and the Fisher exact test for categorical variables
A p value is not provided if there were less than 5 patients within a group.
MSK and GRCC data available (N=68)