Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy for Patients With Diaphragmatic Lesions: A Prognostic Postoperative Analysis

• Published in: In vivo (Athens) Vol. 34; no. 3; pp. 1277 - 1281
• Main Authors: Saito, Motoaki, Odajima, Suguru, Ezawa, Masahiro, Iida, Yasushi, Ueda, Kazu, Yanaihara, Nozomu, Tanabe, Hiroshi, Takano, Hirokuni, Yamada, Kyosuke, Okamoto, Aikou
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Greece International Institute of Anticancer Research 01.05.2020
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols - adverse effects; Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols - therapeutic use; Chemotherapy, Adjuvant; Diaphragm - pathology; Female; Humans; Kaplan-Meier Estimate; Middle Aged; Neoadjuvant Therapy; Neoplasm Grading; Neoplasm Staging; Ovarian Neoplasms - pathology; Peritoneal Neoplasms - diagnosis; Peritoneal Neoplasms - drug therapy; Peritoneal Neoplasms - secondary; Postoperative Care; Neoadjuvant chemotherapy; peritoneal cancer; diaphragmatic lesions; ovarian cancer

We aimed to analyse the prognosis of patients who underwent primary debulking surgery (PDS) and those who underwent interval debulking surgery (IDS) following four courses of paclitaxel+ carboplatin as preoperative chemotherapy to examine the usefulness of preoperative chemotherapy. We included 45 p...