Recurrence and Fertility Rate in Females with Borderline Ovarian Tumor

Abstract

Background: Currently, the prevalence of borderline ovarian tumors is increasing, and given the higher diagnosis in the third and fourth decades of life, fertility sparing procedures are widely used. There are important consequences in females with borderline ovarian tumors and number of effective factors on recurrence and fertility rate. Methods: In this cohort study, the required information was collected from a file of 43 patients with final pathologic diagnosis of borderline ovarian tumor, who had undertaken fertility sparing surgery at Imam Khomeini Hospital, Tehran University of medical science, and recurrence rate, fertility rate, and the effect of different variables were studied. Results: There were significant correlations between OCP consumption, serous pathology, micro invasion in pathology, advanced stages, and recurrence rate of BOT, while this relationship was not found between parity, surgical methods (laparotomy and laparoscopy), surgical techniques (cystectomy and USO), papillary projection, and recurrence rate. Conclusions: Although the recurrence rate was higher in the current research when compared to other previous studies, yet only in one patient, the pattern of recurrence was invasive epithelial carcinoma, thus in the current study the overall survival did not seem to change. The results of this study on fertility rate are comparable to other studies on this issue. Therefore, these methods are recommended for young patients and emphasis should be place on follow-up.