I think Gilbert is right about his description of the surgical treatment of ovarian cancer, as he should be. The only minor point of contention might be his rejection of the term "aggressive". The nice thing about modern medical research, or rather, scientific research in general, is that the latest advances get published in high quality peer-reviewed journals that physicians, medical scientists, as well as interested and well-informed patients and lay people can read. For example, those who are interested in finding out about improved survival due to aggressive surgery in advanced ovarian cancer, can read the following research paper published in January of this year in the journal "Obstetrics and Gynecology":
"Aletti GD, Dowdy SC, Gostout BS, Jones MB, Stanhope CR, Wilson TO, Podratz KC, and Cliby WA (2006) Aggressive surgical effort and improved survival in advanced-stage ovarian cancer, Obstet Gynecol, 107(1):77-85." Those who want to have a copy of this paper are welcome to email me. I am sure Gilbert would also be happy to provide you a copy of it. Cheers, Santosh --- Gilbert Lawrence <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Updated! > > To borrow from Mario, ......... I do not know > whether to laugh or to cry? > > The surgery for ovarian cancer is to stage and to > "debulk" the disease. This is NOT radical surgery > to remove "all possible" tumor extension through the > abdomen as was done in the past with "aggressive > cancer surgery". In current medical practice, that > role (to eradicate possible tumor extension) is > accomplished with chemotherapy. This combined > approach achieves better results with less > side-effects and mortality. > > Fred, as you and others may know, there is only so > much knowledge one can get and understand from a > net-search. > > Kind Regards, GL _______________________________________________ Goanet mailing list Goanet@lists.goanet.org http://lists.goanet.org/listinfo.cgi/goanet-goanet.org