Abstract
The standard frontline treatment for advanced-stage ovarian cancer (ASOC) consists of maximal cytoreduction surgery associated with platinum/paclitaxel-based chemotherapy. Several studies have proven that patients with no gross residual disease (RD) have better survival rates than those with optimal but visible RD (RD ≤1 cm). In order to achieve this, more radical cytoreductive procedures such as radical pelvic resection and extensive upper abdominal procedures are performed. However, some investigators have suggested that, although effective, radical surgery cannot fully compensate tumor biology, which is a major determinant in survival and in turn influences the likelihood of surgical cytoreduction. The aim of this review was to present the procedures defining ultra-radical (extensive) surgery and to evaluate its feasibility and morbidity in the management of ASOC.
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