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Anthony B. Costales, MD, on Advanced Ovarian Cancer: Predicting the Benefits of Minimally Invasive Surgery

SGO 2021 Virtual Annual Meeting on Womens Cancer

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Anthony B. Costales, MD, of the Baylor College of Medicine, discusses results from the MIID-SOC trial, which explored the question of whether laparoscopic surgery for removal of ovarian, fallopian tube, or primary peritoneal cancer following neoadjuvant chemotherapy is feasible, safe, and provides similar outcomes as open surgery.



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