Objective: Favourable oncological outcomes have been reported with the use of cytoreductive surgery (CRS) and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) in patients with advanced epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC). However one course of intraoperative HIPEC is complex procedure. We present the simple postoperative technique of HIPEC using Veress needle and IVFluid warmer in patients with ep...

BACKGROUND Epithelial ovarian cancer is the most deadly gynecologic cancer in the United States. Multiple modalities of therapy are utilized in the management of the disease. The role of surgery remains important in the treatment of this disease and is described herein. METHODS Medline and PubMed were utilized to search the English language medical literature up to March 2010. A broad range o...

The standard management for previously untreated advanced-stage epithelial ovarian cancer is optimum cytoreductive surgery followed by aggressive cytotoxic chemotherapy. This approach is based on a retrospective review of a single-institution experience published more than 30 years ago and has yet to be confirmed in a prospective randomized trial. Many subsequent studies have supported the obse...

Ovarian low-grade serous carcinoma (LGSC) and high-grade serous carcinoma have distinct molecular profiles, clinical behaviors, and treatment responses. The survival advantage for patients with low-grade carcinoma compared with patients with high-grade histology remains controversial. We retrospectively reviewed the medical charts of 381 patients with ovarian serous carcinoma at Peking Union Me...