Screening in Ovarian Neoplasm

Abstract

Ovarian neoplasm is extremely aggressive and has a high mortality rate among affected women; therefore, the crucial role of screening tests is easy to understand. Prevention and early diagnosis should be essential priorities in the management of this malignancy. Since a complete and correct clinical examination can select the cases that require specialized investigations, we can consider it a first screening test.

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].…”