Vanda Salutari, 1Ginecologia Oncologica [Oncological Gynaecology], Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli, IRCCS, Rome, Italy
Giuseppa Scandurra, UO Oncologia Medica [Medical Oncology Unit], Dipartimento Materno Infantile [Mother and Child Department], Ospedale per lâ??Emergenza Cannizzaro di Catania, Catania, Italy


Diagnosing a recurrence is a very delicate moment in the management of ovarian cancer as, from a prognostic point of view; the patient is unlikely to be cured. From that point, the effort to be made must employ available medical and surgical options to achieve chronic disease status, prolonging patient’s survival with the best possible quality of life. The right approach is by planning, whenever possible, a sequential treatment strategy allowing the use of all the treatment options currently available