Moving beyond "complete surgical resection" and "optimal": Is low-volume residual disease another option for primary debulking surgery?

CONCLUSIONS: Following PDS, CSR and ≤ 1 cm-SL patients have the best prognosis. In contrast, despite being considered "optimally debulked", ≤1 cm-ML patients have survival similar to those SO-debulked.
PMID: 29933927 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Gynecologic Oncology - June 19, 2018 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Manning-Geist BL, Hicks-Courant K, Gockley AA, Clark RM, Del Carmen MG, Growdon WB, Horowitz NS, Berkowitz RS, Muto MG, Worley MJ Tags: Gynecol Oncol Source Type: research