A Case of Brain Metastasis of Ovarian Cancer in the Elderly

Review Data

Purpose and Significance of Study: The manuscript describes the case of a 73-year-old woman with ovarian cancer that metastasized to the brain. Such cases are rare, and so is the ensuing course of successful treatment. 

Fit with Scope of Journal: The manuscript is of high interest for the journal Case Reports in Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive. 

o   The manuscript contains a few minor errors (already corrected in the galley proof, except the highlighted ones, which require the author’s attention) listed below –  

·       A separate section named “Abbreviations” must be introduced.  

In the Abstract –  

·       In the 1^st sentence, “gynecologic” must be replaced with “gynecological”. 

·       In the 3^rd sentence, “rare” must be replaced with “rarely”. 

·       In the 4^th sentence, “case reports” must be replaced with “is a case report of”, and “as” before “stage” must be replaced with “with”. 

In the Introduction – 

·       In the last sentence, “causes patients fatal outcome” must be replaced with “leads to fatal outcome in patients”, “pay” must be replaced with “paid”, and “the” must be inserted before “clinic”. 

In the Observation – 

  In the 1^st paragraph – 

·       In the 4^th sentence, “that” must be removed.  

·       In the last sentence, “time” must be replaced with “session”, and “on” must be inserted before “August”. 

  In the 2^nd paragraph – 

·       In the 1^st sentence, “,” must be inserted before “especially”, “especially” is misspelled, and “and” must be inserted before “shortness”. 

·       In the last sentence, “examination” must be replaced with “examinations”. 

  In the 3^rd paragraph – 

·       In the 1^st sentence, “regained” must be replaced with “experienced a recurrence of”, and “exercise” must be replaced with “exercising”. 

·       In the 3^rd sentence, “, 8 times of chemotherapy” must be replaced with “for 8 sessions”. 

·       In the last sentence, “be” must be inserted before “343 U/ml”, and “and” must be inserted before “imaging”. 

  In the 4^th paragraph – 

·       In the 1^st sentence, “had” must be inserted before “normal”. 

·       The 2^nd sentence must be written as “CT examination showed left parietal lobe nodule, indicating brain metastasis”. 

·       In the 3^rd sentence, “may be” must be replaced with “might have been”. 

In the Discussion – 

  In the 1^st paragraph – 

·       In the 1^st sentence, “.” Must be inserted after “[1-4]”. 

·       In the 1^st and 4^th sentences, the letters “Mel” does not make sense. It must be replaced with “-”. 

·       In the 3^rd sentence, “Sehouli et al.” must be removed. 

·       In the 7^th sentence, “to detect” must be replaced with “detecting”. 

·      In the 8^th sentence, it is not clear what “BM” stands for, so the full form must be provided in the Abbreviations section. 

  In the 2^nd paragraph – 

·       In the 5^th sentence, “intracranial solitary” must be replaced with “solitary intracranial”. 

·       In the 6^th sentence, “WBR” must be replaced with “WBRT” at the end of the sentence. 

·       In the 8^th sentence, “accurate” must be replaced with “appropriate”. 

In the Conclusion – 

·       In the 1^st sentence, “ovarian malignant” must be replaced with “malignant ovarian”. 

In the Patient’s Perspective –  

·       In the 2^nd sentence, “a” before “isolated” must be replaced with “an”. 

·       The full forms of “OS” and “KPS” used in the 1^st and 2^nd sentences must be provided. 

 

Author Info

Fang Yang Xiaoqiu Chen Yu Zhu Shubin Wang

Corresponding Author

Shubin Wang
Department of Oncology, Peking University Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen, China

Article Info

Article Type

Case Report

Publication history

Received: Thu 12, Mar 2020
Accepted: Tue 31, Mar 2020
Published: Wed 22, Apr 2020

Copyright

© 2023 Shubin Wang. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Hosting by Science Repository.
DOI: 10.31487/j.CROGR.2020.01.02