PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Fotopoulou, Christina AU - Planchamp, François AU - Aytulu, Tugce AU - Chiva, Luis AU - Cina, Alessandro AU - Ergönül, Önder AU - Fagotti, Anna AU - Haidopoulos, Dimitrios AU - Hasenburg, Annette AU - Hughes, Cathy AU - Knapp, Pawel AU - Morice, Philippe AU - Schneider, Stephanie AU - Sehouli, Jalid AU - Stamatakis, Emmanouil AU - Suria, Stephanie AU - Taskiran, Cagatay AU - Trappe, Ralf Ulrich AU - Campbell, Jeremy TI - European Society of Gynaecological Oncology guidelines for the peri-operative management of advanced ovarian cancer patients undergoing debulking surgery AID - 10.1136/ijgc-2021-002951 DP - 2021 Sep 01 TA - International Journal of Gynecologic Cancer PG - 1199--1206 VI - 31 IP - 9 4099 - http://ijgc.bmj.com/content/31/9/1199.short 4100 - http://ijgc.bmj.com/content/31/9/1199.full SO - Int J Gynecol Cancer2021 Sep 01; 31 AB - The European Society of Gynaecological Oncology (ESGO) developed and established for the first time in 2016, and updated in 2020, quality indicators for advanced ovarian cancer surgery to audit and improve clinical practice in Europe and beyond. As a sequela of the continuous effort to improve oncologic care in patients with ovarian cancer, ESGO issued in 2018 a consensus guidance jointly with the European Society of Medical Oncology addressing in a multidisciplinary fashion 20 selected key questions in the management of ovarian cancer, ranging from molecular pathology to palliation in primary and relapse disease. In order to complement the above achievements and consolidate the promoted systemic advances and surgical expertise with adequate peri-operative management, ESGO developed, as the next step, clinically relevant and evidence-based guidelines focusing on key aspects of peri-operative care and management of complications as part of its mission to improve the quality of care for women with advanced ovarian cancer and reduce iatrogenic morbidity. To do so, ESGO nominated an international multidisciplinary development group consisting of practicing clinicians and researchers who have demonstrated leadership and expertise in the care and research of ovarian cancer (18 experts across Europe). To ensure that the guidelines are evidence based, the literature published since 2015, identified from a systematic search, was reviewed and critically appraised. In the absence of any clear scientific evidence, judgment was based on the professional experience and consensus of the development group. The guidelines are thus based on the best available evidence and expert agreement. Prior to publication, the guidelines were reviewed by 117 independent international practitioners in cancer care delivery and patient representatives.All data relevant to the study are included in the article or uploaded as supplementary information.