In 2014, FIGO's Committee for Gynecologic Oncology revised the staging of ovarian cancer,
incorporating ovarian, fallopian tube, and peritoneal cancer into the same system. Most of …

The build-up of fluid in the peritoneal cavity—ascites—is a hallmark of ovarian cancer, the
most lethal of all gynaecological malignancies. This remarkable fluid, which contains a …

PURPOSE: To evaluate the relative effect of percent maximal cytoreductive surgery and
other prognostic variables on survival among cohorts of patients with advanced-stage …

Productive research in patients with peritoneal carcinomatosis has moved slowly over
several decades. In large part this was due to lack of standardized assessments by which …

Background Pelvic lymph nodes are the most common site of extrauterine tumor spread in
early-stage endometrial cancer, but the clinical impact of lymphadenectomy has not been …

The third edition of the Good Practice Guidelines on Gynaecologic Cancers was a
collaborative effort between FIGO and the International Gynecologic Cancer Society. Both …

Abstract The Gynecologic Oncology Committee of FIGO in 2014 revised the staging of
ovarian cancer, incorporating ovarian, fallopian tube, and peritoneal cancer into the same …

Background Although the value of primary cytoreductive surgery for epithelial ovarian
cancer is beyond doubt, the value of debulking surgery after induction chemotherapy has …

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

Background: The role of systematic aortic and pelvic lymphadenectomy in patients with
optimally debulked advanced ovarian cancer is unclear and has not been addressed by …