[Therapeutic standards for ovarian cancer].
Epithelial ovarian cancer is the gynecological tumor with the highest mortality rate. Recently, numerous findings have emerged on the status and extent of surgical therapy for this disease. Innovations in the chemotherapy of primary and recurrent disease are also plentiful. It is essential for the improvement of the patients' situation to transfer these new developments, already integrated into national and international standards and guidelines, into clinical practice.
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Klinik für Gynäkologie und Geburtshilfe Campus Kiel, Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein, Michaelisstrasse 16, 24105 Kiel, Germany. jacobus.pfisterer@googlemail.com
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D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology* / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery; D010052:Ovariectomy; D012008:Recurrence
D000970:Antineoplastic Agents