Prerequisites to improve surgical cytoreduction in FIGO stage III/IV epithelial ovarian cancer and subsequent clinical ramifications

• Main Authors: Diederick de Jong (Author), Amudha Thangavelu (Author), Timothy Broadhead (Author), Inga Chen (Author), Dermot Burke (Author), Richard Hutson (Author), Racheal Johnson (Author), Angelika Kaufmann (Author), Peter Lodge (Author), David Nugent (Author), Aaron Quyn (Author), Georgios Theophilou (Author), Alexandros Laios (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2023-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background No residual disease (CC 0) following cytoreductive surgery is pivotal for the prognosis of women with advanced stage epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC). Improving CC 0 resection rates without increasing morbidity and no delay in subsequent chemotherapy favors a better outcome in the...