Data di Pubblicazione:
2007
Citazione:
Current Management Strategies for Ovarian Cancer / G.D. Aletti, M.M. Gallenberg, W.A. Cliby, A. Jatoi, L.C. Hartmann. - In: MAYO CLINIC PROCEEDINGS. - ISSN 0025-6196. - 82:6(2007), pp. 751-770.
Abstract:
Epithelial ovarian cancer originates in the layer of cells that covers the surface of the ovaries. The disease spreads readily throughout the peritonea[ cavity and to the lymphatics, often before causing symptoms. Of the cancers unique to women, ovarian cancer has the highest mortality rate. Most women are diagnosed as having advanced stage disease, and efforts to develop new screening approaches for ovarian cancer are a high priority. Optimal treatment of ovarian cancer begins with optimal cytoreductive surgery followed by combination chemotherapy. Ovarian cancer, even in advanced stages, is sensitive to a variety of chemotherapeutics. Although improved chemotherapy has increased 5-year survival rates, overall survival gains have been limited because of our inability to eradicate all disease. Technologic advances that allow us to examine the molecular machinery that drives ovarian cancer cells have helped to identify numerous therapeutic targets within these cells. In this review, we provide an overview of ovarian cancer with particular emphasis on recent advances In operative management and systemic therapies.
Tipologia IRIS:
01 - Articolo su periodico
Keywords:
Gynecologic-oncology-group; secondary cytoreductive surgery; randomized phase-III; paclitaxel-resistant ovarian; primary peritoneal carcinoma; high-dose carboplatin; stage-III; surgical cytoreduction; platinum-resistant; intraperitoneal cisplatin
Elenco autori:
G.D. Aletti, M.M. Gallenberg, W.A. Cliby, A. Jatoi, L.C. Hartmann
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