Research recommendations coming out of this guidance Relationship between duration of symptoms of ovarian cancer and stage at diagnosis:- Further research should be undertaken on the relationship between the duration and frequency of symptoms in women with ovarian cancer before diagnosis, the stage of disease at diagnosis and subsequent survival. Imaging in the diagnostic pathway for women with ovarian cancer:- Large multicentre case–control studies should be conducted to compare the accuracy of CT versus MRI for staging and for predicting optimal cytoreduction in women with ovarian cancer. The value of primary surgery for women with advanced ovarian cancer:- Research should be undertaken to determine the effectiveness of primary surgery for women with advanced ovarian cancer whose tumour cannot be fully excised.
Relationship between duration of symptoms of ovarian cancer and stage at diagnosis:- Further research should be undertaken on the relationship between the duration and frequency of symptoms in women with ovarian cancer before diagnosis, the stage of disease at diagnosis and subsequent survival.
Imaging in the diagnostic pathway for women with ovarian cancer:- Large multicentre case–control studies should be conducted to compare the accuracy of CT versus MRI for staging and for predicting optimal cytoreduction in women with ovarian cancer.
The value of primary surgery for women with advanced ovarian cancer:- Research should be undertaken to determine the effectiveness of primary surgery for women with advanced ovarian cancer whose tumour cannot be fully excised.