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Role of appendicectomy in the surgical management of ovarian cancer
There is a paucity of literature on the role of appendicectomy in the staging and cytoreductive procedures for ovarian cancer. In this series of 129 patients with ovarian carcinoma over a period of 9 years (June 1985 - June 1995) at the Northern Regional Department of Gynaecological Oncology, Gateshead, appendicectomy was performed in 31 patients. 11/31 were found to have metastases to the appendix. The concept of appendicectomy of a macroscopically abnormal appendix to achieve optimum debulking is accepted. The need for a prospective evaluation of the histological findings from macroscopically normal appendices removed in the presence of clinically staged early and advanced disease is required to define the role of appendicectomy in this group of patients.