Table 7:
Characteristics of ovarian cancer in women by trauma exposure and PTSD symptoms (N=110)†
| No trauma | Trauma, no PTSD |
1-3 PTSD symptoms |
4-5 PTSD symptoms |
6-7 PTSD symptoms |
Trauma, PTSD symptoms unknown |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | 25 | 20 | 25 | 17 | 16 | 7 | |
| Age at cancer diagnosis, years | Mean (SD) | 52.6 (8.8) | 54.4 (5.2) | 53.8 (5.9) | 50.3 (6.9) | 55.0 (7.7) | 42.9 (9.6) |
| Origin | |||||||
| Ovarian | % (N) | 88.0 (22) | 80.0 (16) | 80.0 (20) | 88.2 (15) | 93.8 (15) | 100.0 (7) |
| Fallopian | % (N) | 8.0 (2) | 10.0 (2) | 8.0 (2) | 11.8 (2) | 6.3 (1) | 0 (0) |
| Peritoneal | % (N) | 4.0 (1) | 10.0 (2) | 12.0 (3) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| Histology | |||||||
| Serous | % (N) | 48.0 (12) | 70.0 (14) | 56.0 (14) | 64.7 (11) | 62.5 (10) | 57.1 (4) |
| Mucinous | % (N) | 12.0 (3) | 5.0 (1) | 0 (0) | 5.9 (1) | 12.5 (2) | 0 (0) |
| Endometrioid | % (N) | 16.0 (4) | 10.0 (2) | 4.0 (1) | 17.7 (3) | 6.3 (1) | 28.6 (2) |
| Clear cell | % (N) | 8.0 (2) | 5.0 (1) | 20.0 (5) | 5.9 (1) | 6.3 (1) | 0 (0) |
| Brenner | % (N) | 4.0 (1) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| Mixed | % (N) | 4.0 (1) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | (1) | (1) | 14.3 (1) |
| Morphology | |||||||
| Invasive | % (N) | 60.0 (15) | 50.0 (10) | 44.0 (11) | 88.2 (15) | 62.5 (10) | 57.1 (4) |
| Borderline | % (N) | 24.0 (6) | 25.0 (5) | 20.0 (5) | 5.9 (1) | 25.0 (4) | 42.8 (3) |
| Stage | |||||||
| Limited to ovaries | % (N) | 44.0 (11) | 45.0 (9) | 48.0 (12) | 29.4 (5) | 43.8 (7) | 71.4 (5) |
| Pelvic extension | % (N) | 12.0 (3) | 15.0 (3) | 0 (0) | 5.9 (1) | 0 (0) | 14.3 (1) |
| Intraperitoneal metastasis | % (N) | 32.0 (8) | 25.0 (5) | 20.0 (5) | 64.7 (11) | 43.8 (7) | 14.3 (1) |
| Distant metastases | % (N) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 8.0 (2) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
†
Chi-square p>0.05 for all. Some percentages do not sum to 100 due to missing data.