title: Neoadjuvant chemotherapy in stage IV ovarian malignancy.
abstract: A 57 years old woman was diagnosed to have stage IV ovarian malignancy on the basis of ascitic fluid cytology, tumor marker and imaging. Neoadjuvant chemotherapy was administered before surgery. Four months after surgery no evidence of malignancy was found on laparotomy and histopathology. She is under surveillance for any signs of recurrence.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gynaecology/Obstetrics, Shifa College of Medicine, Islamabad. nabiatariq_fcps@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Nabia
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tariq
authors.forename: Gulshan
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Saeed
authors.forename: Rukhsana
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ayub
authors.forename: Emran
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Amir
authors.forename: Muhammad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Amir
authors.forename: Mohammad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Faheem
mesh_terms: D017024:Chemotherapy, Adjuvant; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D020360:Neoadjuvant Therapy; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery*; D011859:Radiography