Table 3.
Number of Cases for EOC Patients According to Cancer Stage
| Variable | Stage | p-valuea | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Localized | Regional | Distant | ||
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | ||
| Age at diagnosis (years) | <0.001* | |||
| <40 | 37 (69.8) | 9 (17.0) | 7 (13.2) | |
| 40–49 | 14 (32.6) | 11 (25.6) | 18 (41.9) | |
| 50–59 | 14 (26.4) | 24 (45.3) | 15 (28.3) | |
| 60–69 | 7 (29.2) | 2 (8.3) | 15 (62.5) | |
| ≥70 | 2 (11.8) | 6 (35.3) | 9 (52.9) | |
| District | 0.350 | |||
| Brunei Muara | 46 (37.1) | 33 (26.6) | 45(36.3) | |
| Tutong | 12 (42.9) | 9 (32.1) | 7 (25.0) | |
| Belait | 14 (53.8) | 5 (19.2) | 7 (26.9) | |
| Temburong | 0 (0.0) | 2 (50.0) | 2 (50.0) | |
| Ethnicity | 0.443 | |||
| Malay | 60 (37.3) | 44 (27.3) | 57 (35.4) | |
| Chinese | 10 (50.0) | 4 (20.0) | 6 (30.0) | |
| Others | 4 (44.4) | 4 (44.4) | 1 (11.1) | |
| Histology | <0.001* | |||
| Serous carcinoma | 11 (21.6) | 15 (29.4) | 25 (49.0) | |
| Mucinous carcinoma | 42 (68.9) | 10 (16.4) | 9 (14.8) | |
| Endometrioid carcinoma | 8 (38.1) | 9 (42.9) | 4 (19.0) | |
| Clear cell carcinoma | 6 (54.5) | 3 (27.3) | 2 (18.2) | |
| Undifferentiated or other-epithelial | 7 (15.2) | 15 (32.6) | 24 (52.2) | |
aFisher’s Exact test (comparing cancer stages); *statistically significant (p<0.05)