Abstract
Whole-abdomen irradiation was delivered to 11 patients with persistent epithelial ovarian cancer after chemotherapy. Ten of the eleven patients have recurred and subsequently died of disease. The median time to recurrence was 5.5 months. All 10 recurrences were within the irradiated field. All 6 patients with microscopic disease at second-look laparotomy recurred. Four of the five patients with minimal residual disease (⩽ 5 mm) at second-look laparotomy recurred. One patient is alive with no evidence of recurrence at 14 months. Four patients developed small bowel obstruction, three of which were associated with recurrence. During therapy, 4 patients developed significant enteritis and 5 patients developed significant bone marrow suppression. All 11 patients completed radiation therapy, although in 4 there were interruptions of 1 to 3 weeks. Whole-abdomen irradiation does not appear to be an effective second-line regimen for epithelial ovarian cancer, even in the presence of microscopic or minimal residual disease.
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