Weekly induction intraperitoneal chemotherapy after primary surgical cytoreduction in patients with advanced epithelial ovarian cancer

Table 1 Baseline Patient Characteristics

Characteristics	IP therapy	Without IP therapy
	(n = 230)	(n = 179)
Age
<41	33	27
41–60	172	138
>60	14	25
FIGO stage
IIIa	19	8
IIIb	22	6
IIIc	148	128
IV	41	37
Residual disease
≤ 1 cm	123	68
> 1 cm	107	111
Grade
1	8	4
2	100	67
3	122	107
Not available	0	1
Histology
Serous	116	88
Mucinous	13	18
Endometrioid	25	16
Unspecified adenocarcinoma	44	37
Mixed	7	7
Clear cell	18	7
Others	7	6

Abbreviation: IP, intraperitoneal; FIGO, International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics.

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