Table 4.
Findings of literature review on invasive patterns of ovarian mucinous carcinoma including the present study
| Authors | Total no. of cases | No. of cases in each invasive pattern (%) | FIGO stage | p-Value | Recurrence (%) | p-Value | Prognosis | p-Value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I | II–IV | Alive with and without diseases | Death due to diseases or any reason | ||||||||
| Lee and Scully [15] | 21 | Infiltrative invasion | 11 (52) | 5 (46) | 6 (54) | 0.01 | 6 (54) | 0.01 | 5 (46) | 6 (54) | 0.01 |
| Expansile invasion | 10 (48) | 10 (100) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 10 (100) | 0 (0) | |||||
| Rodriguez and Prat [16] | 26 | Infiltrative invasion | 15 (58) | 9 (60) | 6 (40) | 0.02 | 9 (60) | < 0.01 | 7 (47) | 8 (53) | 0.04 |
| Expansile invasion | 11 (42) | 11 (100) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 10 (91) | 1 (9) | |||||
| Muyldermans et al. [17] | 44 | Infiltrative invasion | 21 (48) | 12 (57) | 9 (43) | 0.01 | 9 (43) | 0.01 | 12 (57) | 9 (43) | 0.04 |
| Expansile invasion | 23 (52) | 21 (91) | 2 (9) | 2 (9) | 20 (87) | 3 (13) | |||||
| Khunamornpong et al. [18] | 46 | Infiltrative invasion | 28 (61) | 22 (79) | 6 (21) | 0.07 | 11 (39) | 0.02 | 20 (71) | 8 (29) | 0.07 |
| Expansile invasion | 18 (39) | 18 (100) | 0 (0) | 1 (6) | 17 (94) | 1 (6) | |||||
| Gouy et al. [19] | 64 | Infiltrative invasion | 35 (55) | 35 (100) | - | - | 6 (17) | 0.49 | 31 (89) | 4 (11) | 0.37 |
| Expansile invasion | 29 (45) | 29 (100) | - | 3 (10) | 28 (97) | 1 (3) | |||||
| Present study | 49 | Infiltrative invasion | 25 (51) | 16 (64) | 9 (36) | 0.2 | 13 (52) | < 0.01 | 15 (60) | 10 (40) | 0.11 |
| Expansile invasion | 24 (49) | 20 (83) | 4 (17) | 2 (8) | 20 (87) | 4 (13) | |||||
| Total | 250 | Infiltrative invasion | 135 (54) | 99 (73) | 36 (27) | < 0.01 | 54 (40) | < 0.01 | 90 (67) | 45 (33) | < 0.01 |
| Expansile invasion | 115 (46) | 109 (95) | 6 (5) | 8 (7) | 105 (91) | 10 (9) | |||||