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Second‐look operation in ovarian carcinoma. Postchemotherapy
Author(s) -
Smith Julian P.,
Delgado Gregorio,
Rutledge Felix
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(197609)38:3<1438::aid-cncr2820380351>3.0.co;2-2
Subject(s) - medicine , chemotherapy , laparotomy , ovarian cancer , ovarian carcinoma , surgery , radiation therapy , disease , general surgery , cancer , oncology
Abstract One hundred and three patients with advanced ovarian cancer underwent a second‐look operation following chemotherapy. Patients should have ten or more courses of chemotherapy before second‐look operation. Those patients with no evidence of disease at the second laparotomy should discontinue their chemotherapy. Patients who continued chemotherapy after the second‐look operation did better than those who were treated with radiation after surgery. Only patients with clinical remission benefit from the second‐look procedure. Advantages of second‐look operations following chemotherapy are discussed.