title: Late recurrence of ovarian cancer: a literature review and description of two cases.
abstract: Ovarian cancer is not the most frequent malignancy of female reproductive system, but it causes many deaths in women with this diagnosis. Mostly of the patients with ovarian cancer will have recurrence after first-line standard treatment containing surgery and chemotherapy. This article presents two cases with late recurrence in women with ovarian cancer; both were nine years after the first diagnosis and both were operated and received second-line chemotherapy. The authors reviewed medical literature with late recurrence of ovarian cancer.
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authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Iżycka
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lubin
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authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Markowska
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Markowska
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000556:secondary*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology*; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000473:pathology*; D018297:Neoplasms, Cystic, Mucinous, and Serous / Q000556:secondary*; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D010534:Peritoneal Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*; D013997:Time Factors