Chemotherapy and Improved Surgical Techniques Noted as Important Advancements in Treating Ovarian Cancer over the Last Two Decades

NCCN has published the 20th annual edition of the NCCN Guidelines® for Ovarian Cancer, one of the original NCCN Guidelines published in November 1996. FORT WASHINGTON, PA - Epithelial ovarian cancer is the leading cause of death from gynecologic cancer in the United States and is the country's fifth most common cause of cancer mortality in women. In 2015, it is estimated that more than 21,000 new diagnoses and more than 14,000 deaths from this neoplasm will occur in the United States; less th...
Source: National Comprehensive Cancer Network - Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news