Adequate pelvic lymphadenectomy and survival of women with early-stage epithelial ovarian cancer.
CONCLUSION: Quality of lymphadenectomy during the surgical treatment for early-stage epithelial ovarian cancer has significantly improved. Adequate lymphadenectomy is associated with a 15%-25% reduction in ovarian cancer mortality compared to inadequate lymphadenectomy.
PMID: 30022633 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Journal of Gynecologic Oncology - Category: OBGYN Tags: J Gynecol Oncol Source Type: research
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