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Tingyan Shi, MD, PhD, on Ovarian Cancer: Secondary Cytoreductive Surgery for Recurrent Disease

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Tingyan Shi, MD, PhD, of Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, discusses study results that showed secondary cytoreductive surgery in selected patients extended progression-free survival and might contribute to long-term survival (Abstract 6001).



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