Figo Ovarian Cancer Staging 2020
Sep 1 2012 figo ovarian cancer staging sep 1 2012 posttreatment surveillance and diagnosis of recurrence in women with gynecologic malignancies.
Figo ovarian cancer staging 2020. Ct is considered the best imaging modality for staging ovarian cancer. In order to evaluate the impact on prognosis the different criteria for allocating cases to ic or iic it is useful to know if rupture of the capsule was spontaneous or surgically induced and if the source of malignant cells was peritoneal washings or ascites. Cancer staging can be complex so ask your doctor to explain it to you in a way you understand. It is the staging system for ovarian cancer fallopian tube cancer and primary peritoneal cancer.
For more information see cancer staging. As a rule the lower the number the less the cancer has spread. The updated revised figo staging system combines the classification for ovarian fallopian tube and peritoneum cancer and is based on findings made mainly through surgical exploration since operative findings allow doctors to determine the precise histologic diagnosis stage and prognosis of the patient. The stage is one of the most important factors in deciding how to treat the cancer and determining how successful the treatment might be.
The system described below is the most recent ajcc system effective january 2018. Endometrial cancer stages range from stage i 1 through iv 4. The most commonly adopted ovarian cancer staging system is the figo staging system. Figo staging for ovarian cancerstagedescription.
Figo has a vision that women of the world achieve the highest possible standards of physical mental reproductive and sexual health and wellbeing throughout their lives. Tumor involves 1 or both ovaries with cytologically or histologically confirmed spread to the peritoneum outside the pelvis and or metastasis to the retroperitoneal lymph nodes old new iiia microscopic metastasis beyond the pelvis. Figo ovarian cancer staging effective jan. The most recent staging system is from 2014 1.
1 2014 changes are in italics stage iii. Welcome to figo the international federation of gynecology and obstetrics the only organisation that brings together professional societies of obstetricians and. Figo has published a new classification for ovarian cancer. These new cancer staging rules will be incorporated into the 8th edition of the uicc tnm classification of malignant tumours which is thought to be effective from 2017.
The final cohort consisted of 9 749 women and the 5 year overall survival was calculated within each stage and where feasible within the sub stages. Recommendations based on risk of endometrioid endometrial cancer obstetrics and gynecology 2012. Tumor limited to the ovaries.