[Significance of surgical tumor reduction in the therapy of ovarian cancer].
Authors report on their experiences concerning 333 ovarian cancer patients operated on at the Gynecological Department of the Medical University, Debrecen during the last 10 years. They describe the surgical technique applied summarizing in three points its goal: accurate staging, radical tumor debulking, map out residual disease. Characterising the studied population authors give the distribution of patients according to prognostic factors, and postoperative treatment tips. They analyse treatment results according to diameter of residual tumor based on three parameters--the grade of response, duration of remission and surviving. They found that each therapeutic parameter is basicly influenced by the diameter of residual tumor left behind. The best results can be achieved among patients with minimal residual disease. The extent of tumor debulking during the first laparotomy is decising prognosis fundamentally.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D010052:Ovariectomy; D011379:Prognosis
Bedeutung der chirurgischen Tumorreduktion in der Therapie des Ovarialkarzinoms.