Role of ultrasound in the detection of recurrent ovarian cancer: a review of the literature.
Gland Surg
; 9(4): 1092-1101, 2020 Aug.
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ABSTRACT
Nowadays, no standard approaches for follow up in ovarian cancer (OC) patients exist. While the role of ultrasound (US) is well defined in primary diagnosis of OC, it is still controversial during follow-up of surgically treated OC. The aim of this narrative review is to evaluate the role described in literature of US imaging in the early detection of OC recurrences. A review of the English literature present in PubMed and SCOPUS of the past 30 years regarding the use of US in recurrent ovarian cancer (ROC) has been performed. The following keywords were searched "ultrasound and recurrent ovarian cancer" and "intraoperative ultrasound and recurrent ovarian cancer". A total of 15 articles were selected. US was mainly adopted in the detection of recurrent pelvic disease after debulking surgery, after fertility sparing surgery (FSS) and as an intraoperative tool for localization of OC recurrences. If introduced as a standard follow-up procedure, US may have a central role in the early detection of pelvic OC recurrence, in ovarian localization of relapses of borderline ovarian tumor (BOT) and early stages disease treated with FSS; it may also play an important role in the intraoperative localization of previously suspected secondary lesions.
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Diagnostic_studies
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Systematic_reviews
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2020
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