Clinical practice guidelines: 2007 update of Standards, Options, Recommendations for the management of patients with epithelial ovarian cancer. Surgical treatment (summary report)

Context: The French federation of comprehensive cancer centres (FNCLCC) initiated the update of these recommendations in collaboration with the French national cancer institute and with specialists from French public universities, general hospitals and private clinics. Objectives: To update the recommendations of the "surgical treatment" chapter in the complete report validated in 1999. Methods: The guideline updating process is based on a systematic literature review and critical appraisal by a multidisciplinary group of experts, with feedback from specialists in cancer care delivery. The Standards, Options : Recommendations are thus based on the best available evidence and expert agreement. Results: This article presents the 2007 updated recommendations concerning the surgical treatment of early-stage and advanced-stage epithelial ovarian cancers.