Prognostic factors for complete debulking in first- and second-line ovarian cancer.

  • Philipp Harter
  • Felix Hilpert
  • Sven Mahner
  • Stefan Kommoss
  • Florian Heitz
  • Jacobus Pfisterer
  • Du Bois Andreas

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Abstract

OBJECTIVES: Surgery is a mainstay of therapy in ovarian cancer. Are there any actual changes in the definitions and goals of surgery? METHODS: Selective review of the actual literature and results in surgery for primary and recurrent ovarian cancer. RESULTS: Actual data strongly suggest changing the surgical aim from the so-called optimal debulking (residual disease

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Original languageGerman
Article number2
ISSN1048-891X
Publication statusPublished - 2009
pubmed 19955907