title: Survival after negative second-look laparotomy.
abstract: Complete pathological responses, as defined by multiple negative intraperitoneal biopsies at second-look laparotomy, were recorded in 22 of 120 patients with epithelial ovarian cancer. Patients had been previously treated with either high-dose single agent cisplatinum (19) or total abdominal and pelvic irradiation (3). Nine of 21 (43%) evaluable patients developed recurrent disease after 'negative' second-look laparotomy. The median time to relapse was 15 months (3-19) and the median survival after relapse, 4 months (1-6). One patient remains alive with evidence of disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Dudley Road Hospital, Birmingham.
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Luesley
authors.forename: K K
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Chan
authors.forename: F G
authors.initials: FG
authors.lastname: Lawton
authors.forename: G R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Blackledge
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Mould
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007813:Laparotomy; D008875:Middle Aged; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000401:mortality; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery* / Q000628:therapy; D011379:Prognosis; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011897:Random Allocation