Study Comparing Tumor Debulking Surgery Versus Chemotherapy Alone in Recurrent Platinum-Sensitive Ovarian Cancer

A predictive score identifying patients who might achieve a complete resection is deemed necessary to select the right patients for a prospective trial on cytoreductive surgery in relapsed ovarian cancer. Study centres are selected due to their surgical experience in ovarian cancer and/or participation in prior surgical trials in this field. Patients who matched eligibility criteria were allocated randomly 1:1 prospectively to cytoreductive surgery followed by platinum based combination chemotherapy or to platinum based combination chemotherapy alone .