%0 Journal Article %A Raj Naik %A Louise Bayne %A Christina Founta %A Sean Kehoe %A Gordon Rustin %A Christina Fotopoulou %T Patient Support Groups Identifying Clinical Equipoise in UK Gynaecological Oncology Surgeons as the Basis for Trials in Ultraradical Surgery for Advanced Ovarian Cancer %D 2016 %R 10.1097/IGC.0000000000000565 %J International Journal of Gynecologic Cancer %P 91-94 %V 26 %N 1 %X Abstract “Clinical equipoise” is defined as the genuine uncertainty by the expert medical community of the most beneficial treatment. A survey performed in 2013 by a patient support group, Ovacome, of gynaecological oncologists in the UK on ultra-radical surgery in advanced ovarian cancer has shown that there is a wide variation in surgical practice across the country. In addition, there were mixed views on the quality of published evidence justifying it’s performance, signifying a state of clinical equipoise. The survey also identified widespread insufficient infra-structural resources and lack of surgical training and skills. The majority of respondents would be prepared to undertake additional training to acquire the surgical skills and/or refer to other centres/surgeons already performing the surgery and/or recruit to surgical trials investigating ultra-radical surgery in advanced ovarian cancer. %U https://ijgc.bmj.com/content/ijgc/26/1/91.full.pdf