TY - JOUR T1 - Patient Support Groups Identifying Clinical Equipoise in UK Gynaecological Oncology Surgeons as the Basis for Trials in Ultraradical Surgery for Advanced Ovarian Cancer JF - International Journal of Gynecologic Cancer JO - Int J Gynecol Cancer SP - 91 LP - 94 DO - 10.1097/IGC.0000000000000565 VL - 26 IS - 1 AU - Raj Naik AU - Louise Bayne AU - Christina Founta AU - Sean Kehoe AU - Gordon Rustin AU - Christina Fotopoulou Y1 - 2016/01/01 UR - http://ijgc.bmj.com/content/26/1/91.abstract N2 - 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. ER -