Highlights
- •Parenchymal liver metastasis correlates with bowel involvement in Ovarian cancer.
- •Parenchymal liver metastasis amount relates to the depth of bowel involvement.
- •A reduction in OS is seen when muscular layer and deeper layers are involved.
Abstract
Objective
This retrospective study estimates the frequency of parenchymal liver metastasis (PLM)
and the overall survival (OS) rate of patients with FIGO Stage IIIC-IV Advanced Epithelial
Ovarian Cancer (EOC) with bowel involvement.
Study design
Between November 2008 and July 2020, all consecutive patients with FIGO Stage IIIC-IV
EOC who underwent Visceral Peritoneal Debulking and bowel resection(s) at the Gynaecological
Oncology Unit of “Centro di Riferimento Oncologico (CRO)”, Aviano, Italy, without
evidence of PLM at pre-operative imaging assessment, were included in the study. The
presence and the time of the onset of PLM during the follow-up period were detected
by diagnostic imaging (CT-scan, Ultrasound and PET). The OS of patients with and without
PLM was compared. Considering the bowel’s layers, the association between depth of
bowel involvement, number of PLM, and the relative OS rate was evaluated.
Results
The median follow-up period was 47.3 (12–138) months. PLM occurred in 24/72 (33.0%)
cases; the average onset time of PLM was 13 months. PLM was associated with increased
significant mortality risk and an average OS of 33.2 versus 56.8 months (p < 0.001).
The risk of developing PLM correlated directly with the depth of bowel involvement.
However, there was no statistical difference between the layers in terms of OS at
the end of the observational period.
Conclusions
PLM occurred more frequently among patients with EOC and bowel involvement. The PLM
arose within 15 months of follow-up and the frequency increased according to the depth
of involvement. Particularly, the difference is remarkably higher starting from muscular
layer where the total number of PLM arose significantly (p = 0.02). Although there
was no significant difference among the infiltrated bowel layers in terms of OS, patients
with bowel involvement up to muscular had a dramatic reduction in the OS rate during
the first 30 months of follow-up.
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Publication history
Published online: November 11, 2022
Accepted:
November 8,
2022
Received in revised form:
November 2,
2022
Received:
August 9,
2022
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