Prospective validation study of a predictive score for operability of recurrent ovarian cancer: the Multicenter Intergroup Study DESKTOP II. A project of the AGO Kommission OVAR, AGO Study Group, NOGGO, AGO-Austria, and MITO

• Published in: International journal of gynecological cancer Vol. 21; no. 2; pp. 289 - 295
• Main Authors: Harter, Philipp, Sehouli, Jalid, Reuss, Alexander, Hasenburg, Annette, Scambia, Giovanni, Cibula, David, Mahner, Sven, Vergote, Ignace, Reinthaller, Alexander, Burges, Alexander, Hanker, Lars, Pölcher, Martin, Kurzeder, Christian, Canzler, Ulrich, Petry, Karl Ulrich, Obermair, Andreas, Petru, Edgar, Schmalfeldt, Barbara, Lorusso, Domenica, du Bois, Andreas
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BMJ Publishing Group LTD 01.02.2011
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Female; Health Status Indicators; Humans; Middle Aged; Neoplasm Recurrence, Local - surgery; Ovarian cancer; Ovarian Neoplasms - surgery; Prospective Studies; Surgery

The DESKTOP I trial proposed a score for the prediction of complete cytoreduction in recurrent ovarian cancer. Resectability was assumed if 3 factors were present: (1) complete resection at first surgery, (2) good performance status, and (3) absence of ascites. The DESKTOP II trial was planned to ve...