Surgical management of epithelial ovarian cancer

Clin Obstet Gynecol. 2012 Mar;55(1):75-95. doi: 10.1097/GRF.0b013e31824b4629.

Abstract

Ovarian cancer affects approximately 21,880 women and accounts for over 13,000 deaths annually in the United States. Although survival rates have improved over the past several decades, directly as a result of advances in chemotherapy and surgery, ovarian cancer continues to have high mortality rates. Understanding the multiple roles of surgery throughout the disease course is the focus of this review.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Abdomen / surgery
  • CA-125 Antigen / blood
  • Chemotherapy, Adjuvant
  • Chemotherapy, Cancer, Regional Perfusion
  • Colectomy
  • Diaphragm / surgery
  • Female
  • Fertility Preservation
  • Hepatectomy
  • Humans
  • Laparoscopy
  • Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures
  • Neoadjuvant Therapy
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / surgery
  • Neoplasm Staging
  • Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial / pathology
  • Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial / therapy*
  • Organ Sparing Treatments
  • Ovarian Neoplasms / pathology
  • Ovarian Neoplasms / therapy*
  • Palliative Care
  • Pancreatectomy
  • Pleural Effusion, Malignant / surgery
  • Referral and Consultation
  • Second-Look Surgery
  • Splenectomy
  • Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

  • CA-125 Antigen