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Do you believe the collective data support neoadjuvant chemotherapy or primary debulking surgery for patients with advanced ovarian cancer?

Given the recent presentation of the TRUST trial results, the benefit of primary debulking surgery seems less clear. What subgroup(s) of patients do you think should undergo primary debulking surgery?
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Gynecologic Oncology · BayCare Medical Group
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At this time, primary debulking surgery should be applied whenever feasible. However, I think we still do a poor job of selecting patients for PDS versus IDS. We neglect (or do not know) how tumor biology is really affected by surgery. For instance, BRCA-mutated tumors are likely easier to accomplish complete resection (Kim et al., PMID 34256977). But they're also more likely to respond to chemotherapy. Should patients who will have a great response to chemotherapy undergo morbid primary debulki...

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