Baseline characteristics of all participating patients
| Value | All patients | |
| n=96 | ||
| Demographic information | ||
| Age (years), mean±SD | 61.3±14.7 | |
| Ethnicity, n (%) | Dutch | 88 (91.7) |
| Other | 8 (8.3) | |
| Educational level, n (%) | High school or less | 36 (37.5) |
| Vocational | 25 (26.05) | |
| Higher vocational or university | 34 (35.5) | |
| Unknown | 1 (1.0) | |
| Single | 7 (7.3) | |
| Marital state, n (%) | Married or cohabiting | 65 (67.7) |
| Widowed | 13 (13.5) | |
| Divorced | 9 (9.4) | |
| Living apart together | 2 (2.1) | |
| Children at home n (%) <17 years old, n (%) | 16 (16.7) | |
| Distance to the hospital in km, n (%) | 0–10 km | 21 (21.9) |
| 10–50 km | 48 (50.0) | |
| >50 km | 27 (28.1) | |
| Clinical information | ||
| Patients with recurrent disease, n (%) | 15 (15.6) | |
| Diagnosis presurgery, n (%) | Ovarian cancer | 17 (17.7) |
| Endometrial cancer | 21 (21.9) | |
| Vulvar cancer | 22 (22.9) | |
| Cervical cancer | 14 (14.6) | |
| Suspected cancer | 22 (21.9) | |
| Stage after surgery, n (%) | Undefined* | 5 (5.2) |
| Stage I | 39 (40.6) | |
| Stage II | 8 (8.3) | |
| Stage III | 17 (17.7) | |
| Stage IV | 4 (4.2) | |
| Benign | 11 (11.5) | |
| Borderline tumour ovary | 5 (5.2) | |
| Metastasised non-gynaecological tumour† | 1 (1.0) | |
| Not appplicable‡ | 5 (5.2) | |
| Type of surgery, n (%) | Radical hysterectomy with PLND | 11 (11.5) |
| Laparoscopic salpingo-oophorectomy | 2 (2.1) | |
| Staging surgery | 8 (8.2) | |
| Primary debulking surgery | 14 (14.6) | |
| Abdominal hysterectomy | 7 (7.3) | |
| Exploratory laparotomy | 20 (20.8) | |
| Total laparoscopic or robot assisted hysterectomy | 8 (8.4) | |
| WLE/Radical vulvectomy | 21 (21.9) | |
| Robot-assisted staging surgery | 5 (5.2) |
Mean ± standard deviation or number in the group is shown. Abbreviations: PLND = pelvic lymph node dissection; WLE=Wide local excision.
*Stage was classified as undefined if there was insufficient information after surgery for classification of FIGO stage.
†Krukenberg tumour
‡Consists of recurrent disease without proper staging afterwards