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Laparoscopy and Peritoneal Cytology as Markers in the Follow-Up of Ovarian Epithelial Tumors

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Adjuvant Therapies and Markers of Post-Surgical Minimal Residual Disease II

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In a large percentage of ovarian cancer patients, primary surgical treatment leaves a situation of clinically non-followable tumor. The spread of ovarian cancer is, however, usually confined initially to the peritoneal cavity, but in view of the size and number of the sites, early diagnosis of relapse becomes even more difficult than primary diagnosis. Biochemical markers such as α fetoprotein, CEA, or βHCG, found to be specific for monitoring infrequent special tumors of the ovary [11, 14, 15], have not yet been shown to be of value in detecting the early phases of relapse in the epithelial types [3–10].

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  1. Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Via Venezian 1, I-20133, Milano, Italy

    Gianni Bonadonna

  2. Institut de Cancérologie et d’Immunogénétique, Hôpital Paul-Brousse, 14-16, Avenue Paul-Vaillant-Couturier, F-94800, Villejuif, France

    Georges Mathé

  3. University of Arizona Cancer Center, 1501 North Campbell Ave., Tucson, Arizona, 85724, USA

    Sydney E. Salmon

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Mangioni, C., Bolis, G., Incalci, M.D., Molteni, P., Morasca, L. (1979). Laparoscopy and Peritoneal Cytology as Markers in the Follow-Up of Ovarian Epithelial Tumors. In: Bonadonna, G., Mathé, G., Salmon, S.E. (eds) Adjuvant Therapies and Markers of Post-Surgical Minimal Residual Disease II. Recent Results in Cancer Research, vol 68. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-81332-0_21

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