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Channawi A, Pop FC, Khaled C, Gomez MG, Moreau M, Polastro L, Veys I, Liberale G. Prognostic Impact of Mesenteric Lymph Node Status on Digestive Resection Specimens During Cytoreductive Surgery for Ovarian Peritoneal Metastases. Ann Surg Oncol 2024; 31:605-613. [PMID: 37865938 PMCID: PMC10695887 DOI: 10.1245/s10434-023-14405-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2023] [Accepted: 09/17/2023] [Indexed: 10/24/2023]
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BACKGROUND The most common mode of ovarian cancer (OC) spread is intraperitoneal dissemination, with the peritoneum as the primary site of metastasis. Cytoreductive surgery (CRS) with chemotherapy is the primary treatment. When necessary, a digestive resection can be performed, but the role of mesenteric lymph nodes (MLNs) in advanced OC remains unclear, and its significance in treatment and follow-up evaluation remains to be determined. This study aimed to evaluate the prevalence of MLN involvement in patients who underwent digestive resection for OC peritoneal metastases (PM) and to investigate its potential prognostic value. METHODS This retrospective, descriptive study included patients who underwent CRS with curative intent for OC with PM between 1 January 2007 and 31 December 2020. The study assessed MLN status and other clinicopathologic features to determine their prognostic value in relation to overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS). RESULTS The study enrolled 159 women with advanced OC, 77 (48.4%) of whom had a digestive resection. For 61.1% of the patients who underwent digestive resection, MLNs were examined and found to be positive in 56.8%. No statistically significant associations were found between MLN status and OS (p = 0.497) or PFS ((p = 0.659). CONCLUSIONS In anatomopathologic studies, MLNs are not systematically investigated but are frequently involved. In the current study, no statistically significant associations were found between MLN status and OS or PFS. Further prospective studies with a systematic and standardized approach should be performed to confirm these findings.
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- Ali Channawi
- Department of Surgery, Institut Jules Bordet (Hopitaux Universitaires de Bruxelles [HUB]), Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Surgery, Institut Jules Bordet (Hopitaux Universitaires de Bruxelles [HUB]), Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Surgery, Institut Jules Bordet (Hopitaux Universitaires de Bruxelles [HUB]), Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Pathology, Institut Jules Bordet (Hopitaux Universitaires de Bruxelles [HUB]), Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
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- Statistics Department, Institut Jules Bordet (Hopitaux Universitaires de Bruxelles [HUB]), Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
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- Département of Medical Oncology, Institut Jules Bordet (Hopitaux Universitaires de Bruxelles [HUB]), Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Surgery, Institut Jules Bordet (Hopitaux Universitaires de Bruxelles [HUB]), Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Surgery, Institut Jules Bordet (Hopitaux Universitaires de Bruxelles [HUB]), Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium.
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El Asmar A, Pop F, Helou EE, Demetter P, Veys I, Polastro L, Bohlok A, Liberale G. Prognostic value of peritoneal scar-like tissue in patients with peritoneal metastases of ovarian origin presenting for curative-intent cytoreductive surgery. World J Surg Oncol 2023; 21:269. [PMID: 37635209 PMCID: PMC10463384 DOI: 10.1186/s12957-023-03153-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2023] [Accepted: 08/17/2023] [Indexed: 08/29/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Complete cytoreductive surgery (CRS), remain the gold standard in the treatment of peritoneal metastases of ovarian cancer (PMOC). Given the increasing rate of neoadjuvant chemotherapy in patients with high PCI, prior abdominal surgeries, inflammation and fibrotic changes, the benefit of removing any "peritoneal scar-like tissues" (PST) during CRS, hasn't been thoroughly investigated. Our objective in this retrospective cohort was to identify the proportion of malignant cells positivity in PST of patients with PMOC, undergoing curative-intent CRS ± HIPEC. METHODS This is a retrospective study, conducted at our comprehensive cancer center, including patients with PMOC, presenting for curative-intent CRS. During CRS, benign-looking peritoneal lesions, lacking the typical hard nodular, aggressive, and invasive morphology, were systematically resected or electro fulgurated. PSTs were analyzed for the presence of tumoral cells by our pathologist. Correlations between the presence of PST and their positivity, and the different patients' variables, were studied. RESULTS In 51% of patients, PST harbored malignant cells. Those were associated with poorly differentiated serous tumors, a high PCI (> 8) and a worse DFS: 17 months in the positive PST group versus 29 months in the negative PST group (p = 0.05), on univariate analysis. Multivariate analysis revealed that PCI > 8 and poorly differentiated primary tumor histology were correlated with a worse DFS, and that higher PCI and advanced FIGO were correlated with a worse OS. CONCLUSION Benign-looking PST harbors malignancy in 51% of cases. The benefit of their systematic resection and their prognostic value should be further investigated in larger cohorts.
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- Antoine El Asmar
- Department of Surgical Oncology, Institut Jules Bordet, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 90 Rue Meylemeersch, 1070, Brussels, Belgium.
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- Department of Surgical Oncology, Institut Jules Bordet, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 90 Rue Meylemeersch, 1070, Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Surgical Oncology, Institut Jules Bordet, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 90 Rue Meylemeersch, 1070, Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Pathology, Institut Jules Bordet, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Surgical Oncology, Institut Jules Bordet, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 90 Rue Meylemeersch, 1070, Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Institut Jules Bordet, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Surgical Oncology, Institut Jules Bordet, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 90 Rue Meylemeersch, 1070, Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Surgical Oncology, Institut Jules Bordet, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 90 Rue Meylemeersch, 1070, Brussels, Belgium
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Hiu S, Bryant A, Gajjar K, Kunonga PT, Naik R. Ultra-radical (extensive) surgery versus standard surgery for the primary cytoreduction of advanced epithelial ovarian cancer. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2022; 8:CD007697. [PMID: 36041232 PMCID: PMC9427128 DOI: 10.1002/14651858.cd007697.pub3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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BACKGROUND Ovarian cancer is the seventh most common cancer among women and the leading cause of death in women with gynaecological malignancies. Opinions differ regarding the role of ultra-radical (extensive) cytoreductive surgery in ovarian cancer treatment. OBJECTIVES To evaluate the effectiveness and morbidity associated with ultra-radical/extensive surgery in the management of advanced-stage epithelial ovarian cancer. SEARCH METHODS We searched CENTRAL (2021, Issue 11), MEDLINE Ovid and Embase Ovid up to November 2021. We also searched registers of clinical trials, abstracts of scientific meetings, reference lists of included studies and contacted experts in the field. SELECTION CRITERIA Randomised controlled trials (RCTs) or non-randomised studies (NRS), analysed using multivariate methods, that compared ultra-radical/extensive and standard surgery in women with advanced primary epithelial ovarian cancer. DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS Two review authors independently assessed whether potentially relevant studies met the inclusion criteria, abstracted data and assessed the risk of bias. We identified three NRS and conducted meta-analyses where possible. MAIN RESULTS We identified three retrospective observational studies for inclusion in the review. Two studies included women exclusively undergoing upfront primary debulking surgery (PDS) and the other study including both PDS and interval debulking surgical (IDS) procedures. All studies were at critical risk of bias due to retrospective and non-randomised study designs. Meta-analysis of two studies, assessing 397 participants, found that women who underwent radical procedures, as part of PDS, may have a lower risk of mortality compared to women who underwent standard surgery (adjusted HR 0.60, 95% CI 0.43 to 0.82; I2 = 0%; very low-certainty evidence), but the evidence is very uncertain. The results were robust to a sensitivity analysis including women with more-extensive disease (carcinomatosis) (adjusted HR 0.61, 95% CI 0.44 to 0.85; I2 = 0%; n = 283, very low-certainty evidence), but the evidence is very uncertain. One study reported a comparison of radical versus standard surgical procedures associated with both PDS and IDS procedures, but a multivariate analysis was only undertaken for disease-free survival (DFS) and therefore the certainty of the evidence was not assessable for overall survival (OS) and remains very low. The lack of reporting of OS meant the study was at high risk of bias for selective reporting of outcomes. One study, 203 participants, found that women who underwent radical procedures as part of PDS may have a lower risk of disease progression or death compared to women who underwent standard surgery (adjusted HR 0.62, 95% CI 0.42 to 0.92; very low-certainty evidence), but the evidence is very uncertain. The results were robust to a sensitivity analysis in one study including women with carcinomatosis (adjusted HR 0.52, 95% CI 0.33 to 0.82; n = 139; very low-certainty evidence), but the evidence is very uncertain. A combined analysis in one study found that women who underwent radical procedures (using both PDS and IDS) may have an increased chance of disease progression or death than those who received standard surgery (adjusted HR 1.60, 95% CI 1.11 to 2.31; I2 = 0%; n = 527; very low-certainty evidence), but the evidence is very uncertain. In absolute and unadjusted terms, the DFS was 19.3 months in the standard surgery group, 15.8 in the PDS group and 15.9 months in the IDS group. All studies were at critical risk of bias and we only identified very low-certainty evidence for all outcomes reported in the review. Perioperative mortality, adverse events and quality of life (QoL) outcomes were either not reported or inadequately reported in the included studies. Two studies reported perioperative mortality (death within 30 days of surgery), but they did not use any statistical adjustment. In total, there were only four deaths within 30 days of surgery in both studies. All were observed in the standard surgery group, but we did not report a risk ratio (RR) to avoid potentially misleading results with so few deaths and very low-certainty evidence. Similarly, one study reported postoperative morbidity, but the authors did not use any statistical adjustment. Postoperative morbidity occurred more commonly in women who received ultra-radical surgery compared to standard surgery, but the certainty of the evidence was very low. AUTHORS' CONCLUSIONS We found only very low-certainty evidence comparing ultra-radical surgery and standard surgery in women with advanced ovarian cancer. The evidence was limited to retrospective, NRSs and so is at critical risk of bias. The results may suggest that ultra-radical surgery could result in improved OS, but results are based on very few women who were chosen to undergo each intervention, rather than a randomised study and intention-to-treat analysis, and so the evidence is very uncertain. Results for progression/DFS were inconsistent and evidence was sparse. QoL and morbidity was incompletely or not reported in the three included studies. A separate prognostic review assessing residual disease as a prognostic factor in this area has been addressed elsewhere, which demonstrates the prognostic effect of macroscopic debulking to no macroscopic residual disease. In order to aid existing guidelines, the role of ultra-radical surgery in the management of advanced-stage ovarian cancer could be addressed through the conduct of a sufficiently powered, RCT comparing ultra-radical and standard surgery, or well-designed NRSs, if this is not possible.
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- Shaun Hiu
- Population Health Sciences Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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- Population Health Sciences Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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- Department of Gynaecological Oncology, 1st Floor Maternity Unit, City Hospital Campus, Nottingham, UK
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- Population Health Sciences Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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- Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Northern Gynaecological Oncology Centre, Gateshead, UK
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Angeles MA, Hernández A, Pérez-Benavente A, Cabarrou B, Spagnolo E, Rychlik A, Daboussi A, Migliorelli F, Bétrian S, Ferron G, Gil-Moreno A, Guyon F, Martinez A. The effect of major postoperative complications on recurrence and long-term survival after cytoreductive surgery for ovarian cancer. Gynecol Oncol 2022; 166:8-17. [PMID: 35568582 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2022.05.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2021] [Revised: 04/28/2022] [Accepted: 05/01/2022] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To assess the impact on survival of major postoperative complications and to identify the factors associated with these complications in patients with advanced ovarian cancer after cytoreductive surgery. METHODS We designed a retrospective multicenter study collecting data from patients with IIIC-IV FIGO Stage ovarian cancer who had undergone either primary debulking surgery (PDS), early interval debulking surgery (IDS) after 3-4 cycles of neoadjuvant chemotherapy, or delayed debulking surgery (DDS) after 6 cycles, with minimal or no residual disease, from January 2008 to December 2015. Univariable and multivariable analyses were conducted to identify factors associated with major surgical complications (≥Grade 3). We assessed disease-free survival (DFS) and overall survival (OS) rates according to the occurrence of major postoperative complications. RESULTS 549 women were included. The overall rate of major surgical complications was 22.4%. Patients who underwent PDS had a higher rate of major complications (28.6%) than patients who underwent either early IDS (23.2%) or DDS (14.0%). Multivariable analysis revealed that extensive peritonectomy and surgical timing were associated with the occurrence of major complications. Median DFS and OS were 16.9 months (95%CI = [13.7-18.4]) and 48.0 months (95%CI = [37.2-73.1]) for the group of patients with major complications, and 20.1 months (95%CI = [18.6-22.4]) and 56.7 months (95%CI = [51.2-70.4]) for the group without major complications. Multivariable analysis revealed that major surgical complications were significantly associated with DFS, but not with OS. CONCLUSIONS Patients who experienced major surgical complications had reduced DFS, compared with patients without major morbidity. Extensive peritonectomy and surgical timing were predictive factors of postoperative morbidity.
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- Martina Aida Angeles
- Department of Surgical Oncology, Institut Claudius Regaud, Toulouse University Cancer Institute (IUCT) - Oncopole, Toulouse, France.
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- Gynecological Oncology Unit, La Paz Investigation Institute (IdiPAZ), La Paz University Hospital, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Gynecological Oncology, Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Biostatistics Unit, Institut Claudius Regaud, Toulouse University Cancer Institute (IUCT) - Oncopole, Toulouse, France
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- Gynecological Oncology Unit, La Paz Investigation Institute (IdiPAZ), La Paz University Hospital, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Gynecological Oncology, Maria Skłodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Institut Claudius Regaud, Toulouse University Cancer Institute (IUCT) - Oncopole, Toulouse, France
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Paule de Viguier Hospital, Toulouse University Hospital, Toulouse, France
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Institut Claudius Regaud, Toulouse University Cancer Institute (IUCT) - Oncopole, Toulouse, France
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- Department of Surgical Oncology, Institut Claudius Regaud, Toulouse University Cancer Institute (IUCT) - Oncopole, Toulouse, France; Oncogenesis of Sarcomas (ONCOSARC) team 19, Cancer Research Center of Toulouse (CRCT), INSERM, Toulouse, France
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- Department of Gynecological Oncology, Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Surgical Oncology, Institut Bergonié, Bordeaux, France
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- Department of Surgical Oncology, Institut Claudius Regaud, Toulouse University Cancer Institute (IUCT) - Oncopole, Toulouse, France; Tumor Immunology and Immunotherapy team 1, Cancer Research Center of Toulouse (CRCT), INSERM, Toulouse, France
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Spiliotis J, Prodromidou A. Narrative review of hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) in patients with advanced ovarian cancer: a critical reappraisal of the current evidence. J Gastrointest Oncol 2021; 12:S182-S188. [PMID: 33968436 DOI: 10.21037/jgo-20-130] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The implementation of hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) in the management of advanced stage epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) as a standard practice remains debatable despite the emerging data supporting its beneficial effect when used to supplement cytoreductive procedures. The aim of the present review was an attempt to accumulate the currently available evidence on the use of HIPEC for patients with primary and recurrent EOC and to address directives of future research. Based on the currently available literature, the progress in cytoreductive surgical procedures and chemotherapy has brought significant improvement in the management and survival outcomes of selected patients with advanced EOC. The addition of HIPEC seems encouraging based on the outcomes of high-quality clinical trials. There are significant parameters on the use of CRS and HIPEC such as patient selection, the sequencing of procedures, the type of chemotherapy agent and time and the temperature of hyperthermic procedures which require additional investigation. Multidisciplinary team management by surgeons, gynaecologists, oncologists, pathologists and radiologists is of critical importance. Also, additional large prospective well-designed randomised studies are needed in order to update our current knowledge and provide guidelines to improve the management of patients with EOC.
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- John Spiliotis
- Athens Medical Centre, Athens, Greece.,European Interbalkan Medical Centre, Thessaloniki, Greece
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Angeles MA, Rychlik A, Cabarrou B, Spagnolo E, Guyon F, Pérez-Benavente A, Gil-Moreno A, Siegrist J, Querleu D, Mery E, Gladieff L, Hernández A, Ferron G, Martinez A. A multivariate analysis of the prognostic impact of tumor burden, surgical timing and complexity after complete cytoreduction for advanced ovarian cancer. Gynecol Oncol 2020; 158:614-21. [PMID: 32709536 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2020.06.495] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2020] [Accepted: 06/18/2020] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To assess the survival benefit of primary debulking surgery (PDS) compared to interval debulking surgery (IDS) after complete cytoreduction (CC-0) or cytoreduction to minimal residual disease (CC-1) in advanced ovarian cancer. Secondary objective was to evaluate the effect of tumor load and surgical complexity on patients' survival. METHODS A retrospective multicentric study was designed, including patients with IIIC-IV FIGO stage ovarian cancer who underwent PDS or IDS with CC-0 or CC-1 from January 2008 to December 2015 in four high-volume institutions. Patients were classified in three groups: PDS, IDS after 3-4 cycles of neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACT), and IDS after 6 cycles. Disease-free survival (DFS) and overall survival (OS) were estimated. Univariable and multivariable analyses were conducted. RESULTS We included 549 patients, 175 (31.9%) underwent PDS, 224 (40.8%) had IDS after 3-4 cycles of NACT, and 150 (27.3%) underwent IDS after 6 cycles. Median DFS in PDS, IDS at 3-4 cycles and IDS at 6 cycles were 23.0 months (95%CI = [20.0-29.3]), 18.0 months (95%CI = [15.9-20.0]) and 17.1 months (95%CI = [15.0-20.9]), respectively; p < .001. Median OS were 84.0 months (95%CI = [68.3-111.0]), 50.7 months (95%CI = [44.6-59.5]) and 47.5 months (95%CI = [39.3-52.9]), respectively; p < .001. In multivariable analysis, high peritoneal cancer index score and NACT were negatively associated to DFS and OS. Surgical complexity and CC-1 were negatively associated to DFS. CONCLUSION PDS offered a survival gain of almost three years compared to IDS in patients with minimal or no residual disease after surgery. PDS should remain the standard of care for advanced ovarian cancer.
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