title: Advanced cytoreductive surgery workshop report.
abstract: The Advanced Course in Cytoreductive Surgery for Ovarian Cancer and Gynecologic Peritoneal Surface Malignancies was held at the University of California Irvine Medical Center on November 4-5, 2011. The course director was Dr Robert E. Bristow, the Philip J. DiSaia Chair and Division Director of Gynecologic Oncology. Meeting information was distributed via e-mail blasts by the International Gynecologic Cancer Society. The workshop was comprised of didactic modules, a cadaver laboratory, and heated intraperitoneal chemotherapy demonstration. This was a not-for-profit workshop, and registration fees were used to support course faculty travel to UC Irvine and pay for the cadavers.
authors.affiliation: Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of California-Irvine Medical Center, 101 The City Drive South, Orange, CA 92868, USA. ktewari@uci.edu
authors.forename: Krishnansu S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Tewari
mesh_terms: D002277:Carcinoma / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D003226:Congresses as Topic; D004502:Education, Medical, Continuing; D005260:Female; D005833:Genital Neoplasms, Female / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005843:Geography; D013509:Gynecologic Surgical Procedures / Q000193:education / Q000266:history / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends*; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D008495:Medical Oncology / Q000193:education / Q000266:history / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends*; D059351:Organ Sparing Treatments / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends*; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D010534:Peritoneal Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery