Quality control in ovarian cancer surgery

Quality control in ovarian cancer surgery.

This study is a literature review of papers in the English language dealing with quality control for ovarian cancer surgery. Quality control in surgery has long been a neglected area of medicine. Initial attempts were limited to cardiac surgery, but only very recently has there been any attempt to look at quality control in ovarian cancer surgery. Investigators from Hesse, Germany were the firs...

Cytoreductive surgery in ovarian cancer

As the overall prognosis for patients with ovarian cancer is poor, the management of this condition should be restricted to expert multi-disciplinary teams in gynaecological oncology. Apparent early stage ovarian cancer requires accurate and complete staging so that potential sites for metastases are not missed. Omitting adequate staging may have significant consequences including a negative im...

Quality control in colon and rectal cancer surgery

References 1. Link KH, Kornmann M, Bittner R, Kockerling F, Arbogast R, Gastinger I, Heitland W, Henne-Bruns D, Lang H, Lippert H, Mann M, Meyer HJ, Polonius MJ, Post S, Raab R, Schiedeck T, Schumpelick V, Kornmann M: Quality criteria for treatment of colorectal cancer From a surgeon’s viewpoint. Chirurg 2010, 81:222-230. 2. Link KH, Kornmann M, Mann M, Bittner R: Multimodal Treatment of Colon ...

Optimum Surgery in Advanced-stage Ovarian Cancer

Quality of life in ovarian cancer.

BACKGROUND Ovarian cancer and its management interventions can produce significant impairments in health-related quality of life (HRQOL). These effects have been studied in both localized and advanced disease settings. METHODS The authors assessed research reports that focus on the evaluation of HRQOL in patients with ovarian cancer in order to describe the findings and to suggest approaches ...