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World Journal of Surgery
Published in: World Journal of Surgery 9/2007

01-09-2007

Does Intraperitoneal Therapy Have a Role in Recurrent Ovarian Cancer?

Author: Joanna M. Cain

Published in: World Journal of Surgery | Issue 9/2007

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The publication of the increased survival of women with initial intraperitoneal plus intravenous therapy for optimally debulked ovarian cancer over intravenous alone by the Gynecologic Oncology Group (GOG) [1] has raised the issue of which women might benefit from an intraperitoneal approach beyond initial therapy. However, the significant gastrointestinal, neurotoxic, and hematologic side effects have limited the passion to make this mandatory first-line treatment for women with optimally debulked disease [2]. …
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Armstrong DK, Bundy B, Wenzel L, et al. (2006) Intraperitoneal cisplatin and paclitaxel in ovarian cancer. N Engl J Med 354:34–43PubMedCrossRef
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Rodriquez AO (2007) Ambivalency at the bedside: intraperitoneal chemotherapy. Curr Opin Obstet Gynecol 19:1–2CrossRef
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Cotte E, Glehen O, Mohamed F, et al. (2007) Cytoreductive surgery and intraperitoneal chemohyperthermia for chemoresistant and recurrent advanced epithelial ovarian cancer: a prospective study of 81 patients. World J of Surg
Metadata
Title
Does Intraperitoneal Therapy Have a Role in Recurrent Ovarian Cancer?
Author
Joanna M. Cain
Publication date
01-09-2007
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
World Journal of Surgery / Issue 9/2007
Print ISSN: 0364-2313
Electronic ISSN: 1432-2323
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00268-007-9144-x

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