Cancers, Vol. 16, Pages 790: Splenectomy as Part of Maximal-Effort Cytoreductive Surgery in Advanced Epithelial Ovarian Cancer

Discussion: The findings of our study support the feasibility of splenectomy in advanced epithelial ovarian cancer; however, its impact on patients’ survival is considerable. Therefore, every effort should be made to avoid splenic injury which will result in unintended splenectomy for non-oncological reasons.

Source: Cancers - February 15, 2024 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Vasilios Pergialiotis Eleftherios Zachariou Vasilios Lygizos Dimitrios Efthymios Vlachos Emmanouil Stamatakis Kyveli Angelou Georgios Daskalakis Nikolaos Thomakos Dimitrios Haidopoulos Tags: Article Source Type: research