Surgery for ovarian cancer Journal Article
| Author: | Rubin, S. C. |
| Article Title: | Surgery for ovarian cancer |
| Abstract: | Surgery is a critical component of the multimodality approach to ovarian cancer. Surgery confirms the diagnosis and establishes the stage of disease, especially important when the tumor appears to be limited to the ovaries. In advanced disease, surgical cytoreduction improves response to chemotherapy and survival. Second-look laparotomy provides a means for assessing response to therapy, predicting prognosis, and determining the need for further therapy. Surgery can also provide palliation of intestinal obstruction. |
| Keywords: | cancer survival; cancer surgery; disease course; review; advanced cancer; multimodality cancer therapy; cancer staging; neoplasm staging; palliative care; ovarian neoplasms; ovary cancer; palliative therapy; early cancer; reoperation; intestine obstruction; second look surgery; drug sensitivity; prognosis; human; female; priority journal |
| Journal Title: | Hematology/Oncology Clinics of North America |
| Volume: | 6 |
| Issue: | 4 |
| ISSN: | 0889-8588 |
| Publisher: | Elsevier Inc. |
| Date Published: | 1992-08-01 |
| Start Page: | 851 |
| End Page: | 865 |
| Language: | English |
| PUBMED: | 1380000 |
| PROVIDER: | scopus |
| DOI: | 10.1016/S0889-8588(18)30314-9 |
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| Notes: | Source: Scopus |
