Randomized Trial of Cytoreductive Surgery for Relapsed Ovarian Cancer

Philipp Harter¹, Jalid Sehouli¹, Ignace Vergote¹+28

• ¹From the Department of Gynecology and Gynecologic Oncology, Kliniken Essen-Mitte, Essen (P. Harter, A.B.), the Department of Gynecology with Center for Oncological Surgery, Charité Berlin, Berlin (J.S.), the Coordinating Center for Clinical Trials (A. Reuss) and Department of Gynecology (P. Harter), Philipps University, Marburg, the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Heinrich-Heine-University, Duesseldorf (W.M.), the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Hannover Medical School, Hannover (P. Hillemanns), the University Medical Center Mainz, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Mainz (A.H.), and Mammazentrum Hamburg at Jerusalem Hospital, Hamburg (F.H.) - all in Germany; the Department of Gynecological Oncology, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven Cancer Institute, Leuven, Belgium (I.V.); the Department of Surgical Oncology, Institut Claudius Regaud, Institut Universitaire du Cancer, Toulouse (G.F.), the Department of Medical Oncology, Groupe Hospitalier Diaconesses Croix Saint-Simon (F.S.), and Institut Curie, Oncologie Gynécologique and Université de Paris (F.L.), Paris, the Department of Surgical Oncology, Institut Bergonié, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Bordeaux (F.G.), the Department of Surgical Oncology, Jean Perrin Cancer Center, Clermont-Ferrand (C.P.), and Institut de Cancerologie de l'Ouest, Université de Médecine, Nantes (J.-M.C.) - all in France; the Gynecologic Oncology Unit, Istituto Nazionale Tumori di Napoli, Fondazione IRCCS Pascale, Naples (S.G.), and Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale Tumori, Milan (F.R.) - both in Italy; the Gyne-Oncology Department of Gynecology (B.J.M.), Copenhagen University Hospital Rigshospitalet (M.R.M.), Copenhagen, the Department of Gynecology, Aarhus University Hospital and Aarhus University, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health, Aarhus (P.J.), and Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg (B.L.) - all in Denmark; the Ovarian Cancer Program, Department of Gynecologic Oncology, Fudan University Zhongshan Hospital, Shanghai, China (R.Z.); the Department of Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm (E.A.-L.); the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea (J.-W.K.); University Hospital of Bellvitge, Barcelona (J.P.), and the Gynecologic Oncology Unit, La Fe University Hospital, Valencia (A.S.) - both in Spain; the Department of Gynecologic Oncology and Institute for Cancer Genetics and Informatics, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo (G.K.); the Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London (S.G.-M.), and the Department of Gynaecological Oncology, University College London Hospital (A.O.) - both in London; and the Department of Gynecology and Gynecological Oncology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna (A. Reinthaller).