Advanced ovarian cancer: What should be the standard of care?

Journal of Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 83-91

  Goff, Barbara A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antiangiogenesis; Chemotherapy; Clinical trials; Dose dense chemotherapy; Intraperitoneal chemotherapy; Ovarian cancer; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITOR; BEVACIZUMAB; CARBOPLATIN; CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; GEMCITABINE; NINTEDANIB; PACLITAXEL; PAZOPANIB; TOPOTECAN;

ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CYTOREDUCTIVE SURGERY; HUMAN; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; OVARY CANCER;

EID: 84873054760     PISSN: 20050380     EISSN: 20050399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3802/jgo.2013.24.1.83     Document Type: Article

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