[01] Derya Kilic Sakarya, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Konya Training and Research Hospital, Konya, Turkey. [02] Mehmet Hakan Yetimalar, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Izmir Katip Celebi University Ataturk Training and Research Hospital, Izmir, Turkey.

Ovarian cancer is the leading cause of death from gynecological malignancies. Despite all the years of research, high relapse rates after the standard front-line treatment for advanced disease could not be reduced. Alternative schedules, dosage and agents are under investigation to achive better efficacy and tolerability. The concept of ‘dose-dense therapy’ in which the cumulative drug dose remains constant, but the same amount of drug is administered over a shorter period is promising with an acceptable toxicity profile. The Japanese trial of JGOG with advanced epithelial ovarian cancer showed promise in terms of improvement in survival rates by dose dense weekly paclitaxel and carboplatin. The results of the study had encouraged investigation on dose-dense therapy. Although the preliminary data of the latter studies has not been that much confirmatory forthcoming data will illuminate to validate avaible data. In this review, we aim to provide an update on the avaible data and review the role of dose-dense therapy in the treatment of ovarian cancer.

Carboplatin, Dose-Dense Chemotherapy, Ovarian Cancer, Paclitaxel

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