Table 1.
Clinicopathologic characteristics of epithelial ovarian cancer patients
| Parameters | Microarray | Validation cohort (qRT-PCR) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CR | IR | CR | IR | |
| Number | 9 | 8 | 20 | 19 |
| Age (Mean ± SEM) | 49.4 | 48.7 | 51.3 | 50.46 |
| FIGO stage | ||||
| I | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| II | 2 | 2 | 1 | |
| III | 8 | 4 | 17 | 15 |
| IV | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Subtype | ||||
| Low grade serous carcinoma | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| High grade serous carcinoma | 8 | 5 | 19 | 16 |
| Clear cell carcinoma | 0 | 1 | ||
| Endometrioid carcinoma | 0 | 1 | ||
| Mean serum CA125, m/ml | ||||
| Before platinum | 952.1 | 1872.2 | 1023.1 | 1764.2 |
| After platinum | 17.2 | 343.1 | 14.3 | 294.3 |
| Mortality rate (%) | 48.1% | 75% | ||
CR, Clinical complete responders; IR, Clinical incomplete responders