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Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology 2, 188–189 (1 April 2005) | doi:10.1038/ncponc0131

Does secondary surgical cytoreduction improve survival in women with advanced ovarian cancer?

Adnan Munkarah

Rose PG et al. (2004) Secondary surgical cytoreduction for advanced ovarian carcinoma. N Engl J Med 351: 2489–2497 Synopsis Background As ovarian cancer is usually diagnosed at an advanced stage, it is associated with a poor prognosis.