The mainstay of treatment of ovarian cancer is surgery, combined with chemotherapy. The role of radiation therapy in the treatment of ovarian cancer is limited.
The specific type of treatment to be undertaken for ovarian cancer will depend upon :
- Age of the patient
- General health of the patient
- Type of ovarian cancer
- Stage and grade of ovarian cancer
- Degree of spread and metastasis of the cancer
- Desire to have children
- Recurrence of cancer
- Side effects of treatment vs benefits
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