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JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2004 96(2):96-97; doi:10.1093/jnci/96.2.96
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For Ovarian Cancer, An Optimal Treatment Remains To Be Found

Charles Bankhead

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The search for more effective treatments for advanced ovarian cancer continues as results achieved with current strategies leave considerable room for improvement.

"Progression-free survival, even in optimally debulked patients, is less than 2 years," British oncologist Stanley Kaye, M.D., said during an educational symposium at the European Cancer Conference in Copenhagen in September. "We need to do better. The majority of patients will still have died by 5 years."

Ongoing investigations focus in large part on the development of more effective chemotherapy regimens for primary treatment and relapsed disease. Early clinical evaluations of chemotherapy for ovarian cancer suggested three principles that remain inherent to treatment strategies today: immediate . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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