Study supports new standard of treatment for women with advanced ovarian cancer

Thursday, December 4, 2008 - 05:54 in Health & Medicine

Results of a phase III, international randomised clinical trial demonstrate a new standard of care for treating advanced ovarian cancer that significantly reduces side-effects and post-operative deaths compared to the previously established treatment course. The study, presented at the 12th Biennial Meeting of the International Gynaecologic Cancer Society (IGCS) in Bangkok in October, has a major impact on many countries where the new standard represents a more practical course of treatment...

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