Gynecologic oncology
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Gynecologic oncology · Jan 2009
ReviewInterval debulking surgery for advanced epithelial ovarian cancer: a Cochrane systematic review.
To assess the effectiveness of interval debulking surgery (IDS) for patients with advanced stage epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC). ⋯ Our review could not conclude whether IDS would improve the survival of women with advanced EOC compared with conventional treatment. IDS appeared to yield benefit only in the patients whose primary surgery was not performed by expert surgeons.
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Gynecologic oncology · Jan 2009
ReviewInterval debulking surgery for advanced epithelial ovarian cancer: a Cochrane systematic review.
To assess the effectiveness of interval debulking surgery (IDS) for patients with advanced stage epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC). ⋯ Our review could not conclude whether IDS would improve the survival of women with advanced EOC compared with conventional treatment. IDS appeared to yield benefit only in the patients whose primary surgery was not performed by expert surgeons.