IMR Press / CEOG / Volume 49 / Issue 4 / DOI: 10.31083/j.ceog4904097
Open Access Review
Primary versus interval debulking surgery in the management of ovarian cancer patients, current data summary
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1 Gynecologic Oncology Department, Metaxa Memorial Cancer Hospital, 18537 Piraeus, Greece
*Correspondence: psomiadouvictoria@gmail.com (Victoria Psomiadou)
Academic Editor: Giuseppe Ricci
Clin. Exp. Obstet. Gynecol. 2022, 49(4), 97; https://doi.org/10.31083/j.ceog4904097
Submitted: 1 December 2021 | Revised: 13 January 2022 | Accepted: 22 January 2022 | Published: 18 April 2022
Copyright: © 2022 The Author(s). Published by IMR Press.
This is an open access article under the CC BY 4.0 license.
Abstract

Objective: Optimal management of ovarian cancer patients have been investigated by several centers and have been discussed in a great number of published articles. Aim of this article is the review of current data regarding this lethal malignancy treatment. Moreover, we discuss the ongoing trials regarding primary or interval cytoreductive surgery after neoadjuvant chemotherapy. Mechanism: We reviewed the relevant literature regarding ovarian cancer treatment via primary debulking surgery (PDS) as well as neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACT) followed by interval debulking surgery (IDS). Findings in Brief: Our findings suggest that Neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACT) and interval debulking surgery (IDS) are alternative treatments for advanced-stage ovarian cancer patients where optimal debulking surgery is considered unfeasible, while some studies indicate that NACT/IDS offer similar oncological outcomes with fewer postoperative complications. The prediction of optimal debulking probability can be evaluated by CA-125 level 500 U/mL, performance status 2, suprarenal paraaortic or supradiaphragmatic nodes >1 cm, Porta hepatis disease, diffuse serosal bowel carcinomatosis, bowel mesenteric involvement or a PIV score 8 if a laparoscopy is performed. Conclusions: Regarding the management of advanced ovarian cancer patientswho receive neoadjuvant interval debulking surgery seems to be as efficacient as primary cytoreduction. The patients that are more eligible and could benefit from this treatment strategy should be specified through larger, double-blind randomized control trials.

Keywords
ovarian cancer
primary debulking surgery
neoadjuvant chemotherapy
interval debulking surgery
optimal cytoreduction
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