Is routine appendectomy at the time of primary surgery for mucinous ovarian neoplasms beneficial?

International Journal of Gynecological Cancer

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1205-1209

  Feigenberg, Tomer ^a   Covens, Allan ^a   Ghorab, Zeina ^a   Ismiil, Nadia ^a   Dubé, Valérie ^a   Saad, Reda S ^a   Khalifa, Mahmoud A ^a   Nofech Mozes, Sharon ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Appendix; Borderline tumors; Cancer; Mucinous; Ovarian tumors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDIX TUMOR; ARTICLE; COLLOID CARCINOMA; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVARY ADENOCARCINOMA; OVARY CARCINOMA; OVARY MUCINOUS ADENOCARCINOMA; OVARY MUCINOUS BORDERLINE TUMOR; OVARY TUMOR; PELVIS; PERITONEUM PSEUDOMYXOMA; PRIMARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADENOCARCINOMA, MUCINOUS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APPENDECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84884513761     PISSN: 1048891X     EISSN: 15251438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IGC.0b013e31829b7dca     Document Type: Article

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