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J Cancer 2015; 6(5):412-419. doi:10.7150/jca.11242 This issue Cite

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Prognostic Significance of Lymphovascular Space Invasion in Epithelial Ovarian Cancer

Ming Chen1, Ying Jin1, Yalan Bi2, Yan Li1, Ying Shan1, Lingya Pan1✉

1. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.
2. Department of Pathology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.

✉ Corresponding author: Lingya Pan, MD. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, 1 Shuai Fu Yuan, Wang Fu Jing Street, Beijing 100730, China. More

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Chen M, Jin Y, Bi Y, Li Y, Shan Y, Pan L. Prognostic Significance of Lymphovascular Space Invasion in Epithelial Ovarian Cancer. J Cancer 2015; 6(5):412-419. doi:10.7150/jca.11242. https://www.jcancer.org/v06p0412.htm
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Abstract

Object: To assess the effects of lymphovascular space invasion (LVSI) on cancer recurrence and survival in patients with primary epithelial ovarian cancer.

Methods: A retrospective study was conducted of patients with stage I-IV primary epithelial ovarian cancer who underwent cytoreductive surgery. LVSI is defined as the presence of tumor cells within an endothelium-lined space, and the patients' pathologic slides were reevaluated by gynecological pathologists. Survival analysis was performed to compare risk factors.

Results: A total of 492 patients were included in the analysis. The incidence of LVSI was 58.5% in our cohort (288 cases), and it was significantly associated with advanced stage, high-grade serous histology, high grade, and lymph node metastasis (P<0.001). Kaplan-Meier analysis demonstrated that LVSI was only correlated with decreased PFS (5-year rate, 39% vs. 66%, P<0.001) and OS (5-year rate, 44% vs. 78%, P<0.001) in patients at early stage but not at advanced stage (5-year rate, PFS: 14% vs. 11%, P<0.001; OS: 29% vs. 29%, P=0.141). Multivariate analysis showed that LVSI remained a significant variable with PFS and OS in early-stage ovarian cancer (PFS: HR 2.29, 95% CI 1.45-3.57; OS: HR 2.20, 95% CI 1.59-3.44, both P<0.001).

Conclusion: LVSI is an independent predictor of progression and survival in patients with primary epithelial ovarian cancer at early stage but not at advanced stage.

Keywords: Lymphovascular space invasion, Ovarian carcinoma, Prognosis, Survival rate.

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Chen, M., Jin, Y., Bi, Y., Li, Y., Shan, Y., Pan, L. (2015). Prognostic Significance of Lymphovascular Space Invasion in Epithelial Ovarian Cancer. Journal of Cancer, 6(5), 412-419. https://doi.org/10.7150/jca.11242.

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Chen, M.; Jin, Y.; Bi, Y.; Li, Y.; Shan, Y.; Pan, L. Prognostic Significance of Lymphovascular Space Invasion in Epithelial Ovarian Cancer. J. Cancer 2015, 6 (5), 412-419. DOI: 10.7150/jca.11242.

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Chen M, Jin Y, Bi Y, Li Y, Shan Y, Pan L. Prognostic Significance of Lymphovascular Space Invasion in Epithelial Ovarian Cancer. J Cancer 2015; 6(5):412-419. doi:10.7150/jca.11242. https://www.jcancer.org/v06p0412.htm

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Chen M, Jin Y, Bi Y, Li Y, Shan Y, Pan L. 2015. Prognostic Significance of Lymphovascular Space Invasion in Epithelial Ovarian Cancer. J Cancer. 6(5):412-419.

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