no abstract: Is comprehensive surgical staging needed for thorough evaluation of early stage ovarian carcinoma? (Journal Club article for discussion March 2012

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Is comprehensive surgical staging needed for thorough evaluation of early-stage ovarian carcinoma?

• Conclusion

  Patients with epithelial ovarian cancer should continue to undergo comprehensive surgical staging, since it identifies occult metastasis in a significant number of patients.

   Available online 22 August 2011.