Role of the Cardiophrenic Lymph Node Status After Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in Primary Advanced Ovarian Cancer.

Background/aim: This study investigated the cardiophrenic lymph node (CPLN) status before and after neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACT), as its presence seems to have a rather prognostic significance in patients with advanced ovarian cancer.

Patients And Methods: The baseline computed tomography scans of 66 patients with advanced ovarian cancer primary treated with NACT between March 2015 and June 2020 were reviewed. A CPLN enlargement was defined as ≥5 mm.