A third evaluation of tertiary cytoreduction

Objective To evaluate the impact of tertiary cytoreductive surgery (TCS) on patient survival and to determine predictors of optimal TCS. Methods Twenty patients with recurrent epithelial ovarian carcinoma who had TCS at Hacettepe University Hospital during 1992–2004 were retrospectively reviewed. Re...

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Published in:Journal of surgical oncology 2008-12, Vol.98 (7), p.530-534
Main Authors: Gultekin, Murat, Velipaşaoğlu, Melih, Aksan, Guldeniz, Dursun, Polat, Dogan, Nasuh Utku, Yuce, Kunter, Ayhan, Ali
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Aged
Carcinoma - drug therapy
Carcinoma - mortality
Carcinoma - pathology
Carcinoma - surgery
Chemotherapy, Adjuvant
debulking surgery
Female
Humans
Middle Aged
Multivariate Analysis
Neoadjuvant Therapy
Neoplasm Recurrence, Local
Neoplasm, Residual
Ovarian Neoplasms - drug therapy
Ovarian Neoplasms - mortality
Ovarian Neoplasms - pathology
Ovarian Neoplasms - surgery
prognosis
recurrent epithelial ovarian carcinoma
recurrent ovarian cancer
Reoperation
Retrospective Studies
tertiary cytoreduction
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Summary:Objective To evaluate the impact of tertiary cytoreductive surgery (TCS) on patient survival and to determine predictors of optimal TCS. Methods Twenty patients with recurrent epithelial ovarian carcinoma who had TCS at Hacettepe University Hospital during 1992–2004 were retrospectively reviewed. Results Tertiary cytoreductive attempt was successful (optimal defined as
ISSN:0022-4790
1096-9098
DOI:10.1002/jso.21146