title: Japan Society of Gynecologic Oncology guidelines 2015 for the treatment of ovarian cancer including primary peritoneal cancer and fallopian tube cancer.
abstract: The fourth edition of the Japan Society of Gynecologic Oncology guidelines for the treatment of ovarian cancer including primary peritoneal cancer and fallopian tube cancer was published in 2015. The guidelines contain seven chapters and six flow charts. The major changes in this new edition are as follows-(1) the format has been changed from reviews to clinical questions (CQ), and the guidelines for optimal clinical practice in Japan are now shown as 41 CQs and answers; (2) the 'flow charts' have been improved and placed near the beginning of the guidelines; (3) the 'basic points', including tumor staging, histological classification, surgical procedures, chemotherapy, and palliative care, are described before the chapter; (4) the FIGO surgical staging of ovarian cancer, fallopian tube cancer, and primary peritoneal cancer was revised in 2014 and the guideline has been revised accordingly to take the updated version of this classification into account; (5) the procedures for examination and management of hereditary breast and ovarian cancer are described; (6) information on molecular targeting therapy has been added; (7) guidelines for the treatment of recurrent cancer based on tumor markers alone are described, as well as guidelines for providing hormone replacement therapy after treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gynecology, Toho University Ohashi Medical Center, 2-17-6 Ohashi, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, 153-8515, Japan. komiyama@med.toho-u.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Shinichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Komiyama
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan.
authors.forename: Hidetaka
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Katabuchi
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tokai University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan.
authors.forename: Mikio
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mikami
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Yamagata University, Yamagata, Japan.
authors.forename: Satoru
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nagase
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Aikou
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Okamoto
authors.affiliation: Department of Disaster Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan.
authors.forename: Kiyoshi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ito
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu, Japan.
authors.forename: Kenichiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Morishige
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine St. Marianna University, Kawasaki, Japan.
authors.forename: Nao
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagasaki, Japan.
authors.forename: Masanori
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kaneuchi
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan.
authors.forename: Nobuo
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yaegashi
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Aichi, Japan.
authors.forename: Yasuhiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Udagawa
authors.affiliation: Ibaraki Prefectural Central Hospital, Ibaraki, Japan.
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yoshikawa
mesh_terms: D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics*; D005185:Fallopian Tube Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D020249:Hormone Replacement Therapy; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D058990:Molecular Targeted Therapy; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000628:therapy*; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy*; D010534:Peritoneal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy*
keywords: Fallopian tube cancer; Guideline; Japan Society of Gynecologic Oncology; Ovarian cancer; Primary peritoneal cancer