Objective To review the status of diagnosis and treatment in epithelial ovarian carcinoma in our hospital in recent 10 years.Method A retrospective study for 452 patients with epithelial ovarian carcinoma in The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University between January 1998 and January 2008 was performed.Their age

histologic type

FIGO stage

tumor grade

measures of management and laboratory tests were collected and analyzed.Results A total of 452 cases were recorded in 2 121 case files

and 433 patients received surgical intervention and got identified histology.71.62% of them were already at stage Ⅲ～Ⅳ on seeing a doctor.324 cases underwent surgery for the first time.436 patients received chemotherapy

and obvious side effects were reported in 314 patients.Recurrence occurred in 146 patients

and 3-year survival rate and 5-year survival rate was 29.14% and 9.27%

respectively.Conclusions The incidence of epithelial ovarian carcinoma increased greatly in recent 10 years.However

the survival for advanced diseases remains quite poor because of limited means of management.