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