Ovarian metastasis in colorectal cancer: retrospective review of 180 cases

Routine oophorectomy in women with colorectal cancer is under debate, the aim of this study is to determine incidence, clinicopathologic features and prognostic factors of ovarian involvement in primary colorectal cancer (CRC) and to clear the role of prophylactic oophorectomy. Data from primary CRC women treated between years 1990 and 2004 were retrieved and clinical and pathologic features of those who had undergone oophorectomy during CRC surgery were reviewed. One hundred eighty cases (mean age 47.5 years) were included. In 120(66.6%), ovaries were preserved and 60(33.3%) cases underwent bilateral oophorectomy in addition to primary CRC resection