International journal of gynecological cancer : official journal of the International Gynecological Cancer Society
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Int. J. Gynecol. Cancer · Jul 2012
The role of lymphadenectomy in node-positive epithelial ovarian cancer.
To evaluate the therapeutic role of pelvic and aortic lymphadenectomy in patients with epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) and positive nodes (stages IIIC and IV). ⋯ There was a survival benefit in patients with EOC with advanced peritoneal disease more than 2 cm before debulking when more than 40 lymph nodes were removed. There was an additional survival benefit in those patients with no residual disease after debulking when more than 10 positive nodes were removed.