Ovarian cancer surgery - A population-based registry study

Background/Aim: To evaluate ovarian cancer surgery in tertiary centers (TC) and regional hospitals (RH). Patients and Methods: Data from the GynOp registry on patients undergoing surgery for ovarian cancer or borderline tumor from 2013 to 2015 were analyzed. Results: Four TC and 21 RH reported 1, 108 cases of surgery with curative intent, 770 cases (69.5%) in TC and 338 cases (30.5%) in RH. Out of 458 patients with International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) stage IIIC-IV disease 396 (86.5%) had surgery in TC. We found differences in selection for primary debulking surgery (PDS) (45% to 93%, p<0.001) and PDS achieving no residual tumor (36% to 70%, p