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Saturday, January 22, 2011

short (very) commentary: EORTC 55971: Does it apply to all patients with advanced state ovarian cancer?



Research Highlights
► Within this randomized trial a statistical benefit was seen with primary
surgery among patients with less than 5 cm of upper abdominal
disease (HR 0.64).
► Across different countries in this study there was significant
heterogeneity of the benefit of primary cytoreductive surgery.

refers to:
EORTC Newsletter Results of the EORTC 55971 trial: Neoadjuvant 
chemotherapy followed by interval debulking surgery is not inferior to 
primary debulking surgery followed by chemotherapy as a treatment 
option for patients with stage IIIC or IV ovarian carcinoma

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