Journal article
A predictive index of cure versus no cure in advanced ovarian carcinoma patients—Replacement of second-look laparotomy as a diagnostic test
Abstract
Three hundred forty-two Stage III and IV epithelial ovarian carcinoma patients received cytoreductive surgery followed by Adriamycin and cisplatin, 50 mg/m2 each, q 4 weeks for 9 courses. One hundred ninety-seven were clinically NED at completion of treatment and 173 of these 197 had a second-look laparotomy. One hundred twenty had persistent disease. Fifty-three were second-look negative and had no further treatment. Thirty of these latter …
Authors
Carmichael JA; Shelley WE; Brown LB; Fraser RC; Kirk ME; Krepart GV; Levitt M; Roy M; Willan AR; Wilson KS
Journal
Gynecologic Oncology, Vol. 27, No. 3, pp. 269–278
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
7 1987
DOI
10.1016/0090-8258(87)90246-0
ISSN
0090-8258