A REPORT of the cases of ovarian cancer seen at the Massachusetts General Hospital from 1901 through 1934 showed the five-year survival rate to be only 15.5 per cent.1 In order to evaluate the results of more recent therapy and to search for a means of improving the results of treatment, the cases observed from 1935 to 1943 have been reviewed. An attempt was also made to correlate the pathological findings with the clinical course. Sixty-seven cases of primary ovarian malignant disease were found. Recognized endocrine tumors were excluded.Seventy-nine per cent of the patients were between the ages of . . .
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Wheelock et al. (1951) studied this question.