A laparoscopy-based score to predict surgical outcome in patients with advanced ovarian carcinoma: A pilot study

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1156-1161

  Fagotti, Anna ^a   Ferrandina, Gabriella ^b   Fanfani, Francesco ^a   Ercoli, Alfredo ^b   Lorusso, Domenica ^a   Rossi, Marco ^a   Scambia, Giovanni ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cytoreduction; Laparoscopy; Ovarian cancer; Predictive index score

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CARCINOMATOSIS; CARCINOMATOUS PERITONITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOREDUCTIVE SURGERY; EVALUATION RESEARCH; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; LIVER METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVARY CARCINOMA; PILOT STUDY; PREDICTION; PROBABILITY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM, RESIDUAL; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PILOT PROJECTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33748348989     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/ASO.2006.08.021     Document Type: Article

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