Ovarian Cancer
Research from L.M. Elit and co-researchers provides new data on ovarian cancer
Published in Hospital Business Week, November 23rd, 2008
"We sought to assess whether the specialty of the surgeon or the hospital involved in the initial management of women with ovarian cancer determined the likelihood of unnecessary repeated abdominal surgery and long-term patient survival. We conducted a population-based study involving women in Ontario, Canada, who had epithelial ovarian cancer treated initially with abdominal surgery between January 1996 and December 1998," scientists in Hamilton, Canada report.
"We documented incident surgical cases using hospital contact data and the Ontario Cancer Registry. We obtained data on patient characteristics, clinical findings, surgical techniques and perioperative care from...
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