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...