Improved prognosis for recurrent epithelial ovarian cancer by early diagnosis and 125I seeds implantation during suboptimal secondary cytoreductive surgery: a case report and literature review

Improved prognosis for recurrent epithelial ovarian cancer by early diagnosis and 125I seeds implantation during suboptimal secondary cytoreductive surgery: a case report and literature review

Abstract Background Epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) has the worst prognosis in all of gynecologic malignant tumors because of its high recurrence and eventually chemo-resistance. Early diagnosis of recurrence is crucial to avoid diffuse dissemination. Failure of traditional treatment in recurrent ep...

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Main Authors: Lin Xiao, Junying Tang, Wenbo Li, Xuexun Xu, Hao Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-11-01
Series:Journal of Ovarian Research
Subjects:
Recurrent epithelial ovarian cancer
Secondary cytoreductive surgery
125I seeds implantation
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13048-020-00744-2

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