Lateral pelvic sidewall involvement by gynecological tumors has been considered traditionally an absolute contraindication to curative resection. Moreover, the involvement of the pelvic sidewall at the time of relapse in cervical cancer after primary or adjuvant pelvic radiation occurs in 8.3% of patients.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: The presence of residual disease after cytoreductive surgery is subjectively determined by the surgeon at the end of the operation. Nevertheless, in up to 21-49% of CT scans, residual disease can be found. The aim of this study was to establish the relationship between post-surgical CT findings after optimal cytoreduction in patients with advanced ovarian cancer and oncological outcome.
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