Table 1 Patient characteristics

From: C-Fos expression is a molecular predictor of progression and survival in epithelial ovarian carcinoma

No. of patients

101

Age (years)

 

 Mean

59.2

 Median

61

 Range

21–87

FIGO stage

 

 I

10

 II

8

 III

60

 IV

23

Grading

 

 1

6

 2

29

 3

58

 Not determined/unknown

8

Lymph node metastasis

 

 N0

31

 N1

55

 NX

15

Residual tumour after surgery

 

 Microscopic

67

 <0.5 cm

7

 0.5–1 cm

10

 1–2 cm

2

 >2 cm

6

 Not determined/unknown

9

Histologic subtype

 

 Serous

74

 Mucinous

6

 Endometrioid

5

 Clear cell

1

 Undifferentiated

7

 Mixed differentiation

8

Platinum-based first-line chemotherapy

 Adjuvant

90

 Neoadjuvant

6

 None/unknown

5

CA 125 before surgery (kU l1)

 

 Mean

2178

 Median

436

 Range

21–47 000

Survival (months), n=99

 

 Progression-free survival

 

 Mean

19.7

 Median

15.2

 Range

0.4–98

 Overall survival

 

 Mean

24.4

 Median

20

 Range

0.4–98

  1. FIGO=International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics; kU/l=kilo Units per liter.