[Assessment and impact of intrathoracic disease in advanced ovarian cancer]

Bull Cancer. 2010 May;97(5):523-5. doi: 10.1684/bdc.2010.1092.
[Article in French]

Abstract

As seventy-five percent of patients with ovarian cancer are diagnosed at an advanced stage (FIGO stage III/IV), optimal surgery is then difficult to perform. The aim of our study is to assess the interest of thoracoscopy in the management of ovarian carcinoma with pleural effusion.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Female
  • Humans
  • Mediastinal Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Mediastinal Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Neoplasm Staging
  • Ovarian Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Pleural Effusion / diagnosis
  • Pleural Effusion / pathology*
  • Pleural Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Pleural Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Positron-Emission Tomography
  • Thoracoscopy
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed