Importance of Surgical Treatment in Ovarian Neoplasm

Abstract

Ovarian neoplasm responds to primary surgical treatment, although the vast majority of patients are diagnosed in advanced stages of the disease, in which the rate of relapses is increased and the chance of survival at 5 years is below 45%. It represents the most lethal gynecological oncological conditio

The Concept of Debulking in Ovarian Cancer

“…In the current speciality literature, it is mentioned that the primary most important prognosis factor is the type of surgery, more exactly: as the first surgery is more radical (residual tumoral after surgery macroscopically absent) as the chance of survival is better. [19][20][21][22].…”