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MINIMUM REQUIRED INFORMATION

✓ All necessary information about sites and size of the disease, tumour dissemination patterns,
resections performed, and residual disease should be available in the operation protocol.
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The operation protocol should be systematically structured. Tumour dissemination patterns
✓ with site and size of the tumour lesions should be described at the beginning of the operation
✓ protocol.
✓ All areas of the abdominal and pelvic cavity should be evaluated and described.

✓ All the completed surgical procedures should be mentioned.
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✓ If any, the size and location of residual disease should be described at the end of the operation
protocol. Reasons for not achieving complete cytoreduction must be defined.

At the minimum, the information contained in the ESGO operative report must be present.

The pathology report should contain all necessary information.

Surgical morbidity and mortality should be assessed and recorded, and selected cases should
be discussed at m\orbidity and mortality conferences.

5 Pathologic type and grade, performance status, nutritional status, albumin level, comorbidities, when applicable oncogeriatric 7
assessment, imaging and/or exploratory laparoscopy or laparotomy, location of disease, number of bowel anastomoses.

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