Impact of lymphadenectomy on survival after recurrence in patients with advanced ovarian cancer without suspected lymph node metastasis

摘要

Objective. To investigate the impact of pelvic and para-aortic lymphadenectomy during primary debulking surgery (PDS) on recurrence pattern and survival after recurrence in patients with advanced epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) without suspected lymph node (LN) metastasis in preoperative imaging studies and intraoperative findings.