Compliance to treatment guidelines and survival in women undergoing interval debulking surgery for advanced epithelial ovarian cancer.
Thumkur S ShylasreeAbhay K KattepurMonisha GuptaJaya GhoshAmita MaheshwariJyoti BajpaiRohini HawaldarSeema GuliaKedar DeodharPalak PopatSudeep GuptaRajendra A KerkarPublished in: Cancer reports (Hoboken, N.J.) (2019)
Deviation from treatment guidelines resulted in a significantly lower 5-year OS compared with those who remained treatment compliant. Both patient- and treatment-related factors contributed towards noncompliance and hence towards lower survival.