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Aggressive surgery improves ovarian cancer survival rates New approach results in significantly improved rates of complete cancer resection
Mon, Feb 8, 2021, 01:39
Paul Cullen Health Editor Listen now 3:02
The new approach involves a multidisciplinary surgical team, comprising gynaecological oncologists, gastrointestinal and liver surgeons. Photograph: Getty Images
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Survival rates for Irish women with ovarian cancer are forecast to improve as a result of a new approach involving aggressive surgery by doctors at two Dublin hospitals.
The approach, involving the use of teams of surgeons and oncologists at the Mater and St Vincent’s University hospitals, has already resulted in significantly improved rates of complete resection of the cancer.