Open AccessPleural Effusion Detected at CT prior to Primary Cytoreduction for Stage III or IV Ovarian Carcinoma: Effect on Survival
Author(s) -
Oleg Mironov,
Nicole Ishill,
Svetlana Mironov,
Hebert Alberto Vargas,
Junting Zheng,
Chaya S. Moskowitz,
Yukio Sonoda,
Ralph S. Papas,
S. Dennis,
Hedvig Hricak
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
radiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.118
H-Index - 295
eISSN - 1527-1315
pISSN - 0033-8419
DOI - 10.1148/radiol.10100162
Subject(s) - medicine , pleural effusion , hazard ratio , debulking , ascites , proportional hazards model , stage (stratigraphy) , confidence interval , radiology , surgery , ovarian cancer , cancer , paleontology , biology
To determine the prognostic importance of pleural effusions on preoperative computed tomographic (CT) images in patients with advanced epithelial ovarian cancer.