Interval Debulking Surgery for Advanced Ovarian Cancer in Elderly Patients (≥70 y): Does the Age Matter?
Ciro PinelliMatteo MorottiJvan CasarinRoberto TozziFabio GhezziVasileios K MavroeidisMoiad AlazzamHooman Soleymani MajdPublished in: Journal of investigative surgery : the official journal of the Academy of Surgical Research (2020)
Older age should not preclude clinicians from offering ultra-radical resection to patients with advanced OC after NACT. In our series, elderly patients received the same treatment with similar outcomes to the younger group. Clinicians should be encouraged to use CPET for patients' selection following NACT.
Keyphrases
- end stage renal disease
- newly diagnosed
- palliative care
- minimally invasive
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- neoadjuvant chemotherapy
- physical activity
- peritoneal dialysis
- high resolution
- radiation therapy
- prognostic factors
- squamous cell carcinoma
- coronary artery bypass
- type diabetes
- patient reported outcomes
- metabolic syndrome
- coronary artery disease
- lymph node
- weight loss
- skeletal muscle
- atrial fibrillation
- glycemic control