title: Surgery for elderly patients with ovarian cancer.
abstract: The stage and tumor remnants after radical surgery are the most important prognostic factors in patients with ovarian cancer. Because the incidence of ovarian cancer is highest in elderly women, and mostly advanced stages occur, radical surgery is necessary in this population as well as in younger patients. Age and the surgeon's expertise are the factors that influence the quality of surgical treatment of ovarian cancer. Surgical treatment of ovarian cancer should therefore be confined to centers with the required infrastructure and expertise.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University Hospital Ulm, Prittwitzstrasse 43, Germany. martin.baeuerle@medizin.uni-ulm.de
authors.forename: Martin G A
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Bäuerle
authors.forename: Rolf
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kreienberg
authors.forename: Tanja
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Volm
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D011379:Prognosis; D015996:Survival Rate