Table 1.

Patient characteristics at the time of bowel obstruction

	Interviewed (n = 20)	Not interviewed (n = 18)	N (%)
Age, mean ± SD	67 (7.5)	64 (10.1)
Stage at diagnosis
Stage 1	1	2	3 (7.9)
Stage 2	0	1	1 (2.6)
Stage 3	16	15	31 (81.6)
Stage 4	3	0	3 (7.9)
Missing	0	0	0
Histology at diagnosis
Serous	15	16	31 (81.6)
Endometrioid	1	0	1 (2.6)
Clear cell	1	1	2 (5.3)
Mucinous	0	1	1 (2.6)
Adenocarcinoma NOS	2	0	2 (5.3)
Carcinosarcoma	1	0	1 (2.6)
Previous surgery
Total anterior hysterectomy	18	14	32 (82.5)
Bilateral-salpingo-oophorectomy	17	12	29 (76.3)
Omentectomy	15	14	29 (76.3)
Re-laparotomy	4	4	8 (20.5)
Chemotherapy at BO admission
Total number	12	13	25 (63.0)
Platinum based	7	7	14 (37.0)
ECOG PS at BO admission
0	1	0	1 (2.6)
1	5	3	8 (21.1)
2	7	5	12 (31.6)
3	3	4	7 (18.4)
4	0	1	1 (2.6)
Unknown	4	5	9 (23.7)

No statistical significant differences

ECOG PS Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status