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Patients with advanced epithelial ovarian cancer typically receive intravenous taxane and platinum-based chemotherapy in an attempt to eradicate residual disease after surgical debulking. This treatment yields overall median survivals of approximately 37 months in patients with suboptimally debulked disease (residual tumor, >1.0 cm in diameter) and 49 months in those with optimally debulked disease (residual tumor, 1.0 cm in diameter).¹ Despite high response rates, in most patients relapse occurs, and efforts to improve treatment by escalating the doses of intravenous chemotherapy have been largely unsuccessful.² In contrast to intravenous drug administration, the intraperitoneal route is capable of achieving high local . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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From the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School — both in Boston.

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