Open AccessIs ovarian cancer surgery stuck in the dark ages?: a commentary piece reviewing surgical technologies
Author(s) -
David L. Phelps,
Srdjan Saso,
Sadaf GhaemMaghami
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
british journal of cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.833
H-Index - 236
eISSN - 1532-1827
pISSN - 0007-0920
DOI - 10.1038/s41416-020-01035-9
Subject(s) - specialty , ovarian cancer , medicine , general surgery , surgery , cancer , gynecology , pathology
Ovarian cancer surgery endeavours to remove all visible tumour deposits, and surgical technologies could potentially facilitate this aim. However, there appear to be barriers around the adoption of new technologies, and we hope this article provokes discussion within the specialty to encourage a forward-thinking approach to new-age surgical gynaecological oncology.