Gynecologic oncology
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Gynecologic oncology · Mar 2010
Multicenter StudyThe clinical outcome of epithelial ovarian cancer patients with apparently isolated lymph node recurrence: a multicenter retrospective Italian study.
To assess the clinical outcome of epithelial ovarian cancer patients who developed an apparently isolated lymph node recurrence after primary therapy. ⋯ Patients who underwent surgery plus chemotherapy had a 72% reduction in the risk of death after recurrence and a 75% reduction in the risk of death after initial diagnosis when compared with those treated with chemotherapy alone. Secondary cytoreductive surgery appears to be able to prolong survival in epithelial ovarian cancer patients with apparently isolated lymph node recurrence.