Research highlights improved outcomes in ovarian surgery
Implementation of a multidisciplinary surgical team (MDT), using a meticulous approach for ensuring a patient is in optimum clinical condition prior to surgery, results in significantly improved rates of complete resection of ovarian cancer, according to new Irish research.
An MDT comprises gynaecologic oncologists and colorectal, hepatobiliary and upper gastrointestinal surgeons.
A study published in the January 2021 edition of the
Annals of Surgical Oncology Journal (
ASOJ) examined two cohorts of patients. Cohort A was a retrospectively collated group of patients that presented with ovarian cancer between 2006 and 2015 and who were generally offered neoadjuvant (delivered before the main treatment, to help reduce the size of a tumour) chemotherapy.
Aggressive surgery improves ovarian cancer survival rates New approach results in significantly improved rates of complete cancer resection
Mon, Feb 8, 2021, 01:39
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The new approach involves a multidisciplinary surgical team, comprising gynaecological oncologists, gastrointestinal and liver surgeons. Photograph: Getty Images
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Survival rates for Irish women with ovarian cancer are forecast to improve as a result of a new approach involving aggressive surgery by doctors at two Dublin hospitals.
The approach, involving the use of teams of surgeons and oncologists at the Mater and St Vincent’s University hospitals, has already resulted in significantly improved rates of complete resection of the cancer.