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. 2012 Jan 19;61(8):1243–1253. doi: 10.1007/s00262-012-1201-0

Table 2.

Characteristics of the cohort and groups

Cohorta WPa BPa,c
n % n % n %
Patients eligible for analysis 162 100 47 29 115 71
Age median (range) 60 30–86 61 36–83 58 30–86
Age <60 88 50.8 21 46b 67 58b
HLA-A2 positive 92 57 47 100 45 40
Surgical staging
 I a, b, c 38 23 0 0 38 (22) 33
 II a, b, c 17 10 0 0 15 (9) 13
 III a, b, c 82 51 32 68 52 (9) 45
 IV 25 15 15 32 10 (5) 9
Stage merged
 A 53 33 0 0 53 (31) 46
 B 109 67 47 100 62 (14) 54
Histopathology
 Serous 87 52 47 100 40 (6d) 35
 Endometrioid 45 28 0 0 45 (24) 39
 Mucinous 14 9 0 0 14 (7) 12
 Clear cells 10 6 0 0 10 (7) 9
 Others (mixed epithelial, undifferentiated) 6 5 0 0 6 (1) 5
Grade
 1 21 13 1 2 20 (11) 17
 2 34 21 10 21 24 (12) 21
 3 103 63 35 75 68 (21) 59
 Unknown 4 3 1 2 3 (1) 3
Treatments
 Primary surgery 138 85 35 76 103 89
 Radical surgery 55 34 4 9 51 44
 Secondary surgery 22 14 8 17 14 12
 Platinum-based chemotherapy 152 94 45 97 107 92
Number of chemotherapy cycles
 6 and less 97 60 15 33 82 71
 More than 6 65 40 31 67 34 29
 Radiotherapy 7 4 3 7 4 3

aCohort: all patients included in the study. WP worst prognosis group, BP better prognosis group

bDifference in % between WP and BP is NS

cHLA-A02* genotype in parantheses

dHLA-A02* genotype patients: 4 in stage I and 2 in stage II