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Gynecologic Cancers • Ovarian Cancer
How do you approach interval cytoreductive surgery in patients with epithelial ovarian cancer requiring 6 or more cycles of neoadjuvant chemotherapy?
Most interested in patient cohorts who have not demonstrated a good response to chemotherapy as measured by imaging and/or clinical/serological findings.
Answer from: at Community Practice
I think this is a really hard question. It obviously depends on why they've gotten 6 cycles of neoadjuvant chemotherapy. If they had medical problems that delayed surgery, then an interval debulking procedure makes sense. If they have progressive disease, then they are unlikely to ever be a candidat...
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