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Disclaimer
is pocket card is derived om recommendations in the American Society of Clinical Oncology
Guideline. is resource is a practice tool based on ASCO
®
practice guidelines and is not intended
to substitute for the independent professional judgment of the treating physician. Practice
guidelines do not account for individual variation among patients. is pocket card does not
purport to suggest any particular course of medical treatment. Use of the practice guidelines and
this resource are voluntary. e practice guidelines and additional information are available
at www.asco.org/NACT-ovarian-guideline. Copyright © 2016 by American Society of Clinical
Oncology. All rights reserved.
ASCOOVA16112
Abbreviations
ASCO, American Society of Clinical Oncolog y; CT, computed tomography; NACT,
neoadjuvant chemotherapy; PCS, primary cytoreductive surgery
Source
Wright AA, Bohlke K, Armstrong DK, Bookman MA, Cliby WA, Coleman RL, Dizon DS,
Kash JJ, Meyer LA, Moore KN, Olawaiye AB, Oldham J, Salani R, Sparacio D, Tew WP, Vergote
I, Edelson MI. Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy for Newly Diagnosed, Advanced Ovarian Cancer:
Society of Gynecologic Oncolog y and American Society of Clinical Oncolog y Clinical Practice
Guideline. J Clin Oncol. 2016 Oct 1;34(28):3460-73.
Recommendation Grading
Type Benefit/harm Evidence Quality
Strength Of
Recommendation
EB Evidence-based B Benefits
outweigh harms
H High Strong
CB Consensus-
based
H Harms outweigh
benefits
I Intermediate Moderate
L Low Weak
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