Impact of Laparoscopy to Assess Resectability in Stage IIIC Epithelial Ovarian, Tubal and Peritoneal Cancer Patients.

Aims: To evaluate overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS) in patients with stage IIIC epithelial ovarian, tubal and peritoneal cancer (EOC) who underwent a laparoscopy to assess surgical resectability prior to Primary Debulking Surgery (PDS) or Interval Debulking Surgery (IDS).

Methods: Retrospective cohort study that included all women with stage IIIC EOC treated at our center between 2000 and 2010. Patients were classified in groups: PDS, neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACT) with IDS, NACT without IDS; and then sub-classified based on residual tumor (RT).

Surgical approaches in women with endometrial cancer with a body mass index greater than 35 kg/m.

Aim: Endometrial cancer is often associated with obesity. We want to compare the outcomes of surgical staging according to the surgical approach in patients with a body mass index ≥35 kg/m .

Methods: A retrospective cohort study with 138 patients with endometrial cancer and body mass index ≥35 kg/m with different surgical staging routes: laparotomy (LPT; n = 94) and minimally invasive surgery (MIS): laparoscopy (LPC; n = 18) + robotic assisted laparoscopy (n = 26).