Background. Surgery remains the cornerstone of the treatment for epithelial ovarian cancer.
In early ovarian cancer, the initial operation is a complete assessment of the spread of …

Surgery is the cornerstone of management of epithelial ovarian cancer and has broad
applications throughout the clinical course of disease, from initial diagnosis to palliative …

The management of ovarian cancer presents one of the greatest challenges to physicians
caring for patients with cancer. The treatment almost always involves a combination of …

Surgery remains the most important facet in the initial management of epithelial ovarian
cancer. Initial surgical therapy involves the establishment of the diagnosis, appropriate …

The diagnosis and management of ovarian cancer is one the greatest and most important
challenges in oncology. Cancer of the ovary is diagnosed in approximately 25,000 women …

BACKGROUND Standard therapy for advanced epithelial ovarian cancer now includes
primary cytoreductive surgery followed by combination chemotherapy. Optimal primary …

Objective. Despite correlation between the completeness of surgical cytoreduction and
survival for patients with advanced ovarian cancer, relatively few undergo complete …

The surgical management of advanced epithelial ovarian cancer involves cytoreduction, or
removal of grossly-evident tumor. Residual disease after surgical cytoreduction of ovarian …

We tried to determine the role of cytoreductive surgery for stage IV epithelial ovarian cancer
and in what conditions this surgical procedure could carry the best benefits. From January …

Forty-seven patients with stage III or IV invasive epithelial carcinoma of the ovary underwent
primary cytoreductive surgery at UCLA during the five-year period 1974 to 1979. Optimal …