Ovarian Cancer Questions

To clear your doubts get an ultrasound pelvis done to rule out any pathology and follow up with reports and we should get a biopsy done for acne like thing over the vagina and follow up with reports.

Survival of stage 1 ovarian cancer is 95 percent provided it's properly staged and you complete the prescribed adjuvant therapy.

After chemotherapy is given, side-effects usually start by 7 to 10 days and subside by 15th day. During this period she is likely to have low wbc and hence it is advisable not to go to crowded places. She can have all foods including fresh fruits and vegetables which are hygienic. If you get any fever after chemotherapy please contact your doctor andvstart injectable antibiotics within an Hour.

Tumor means a swelling, it can be a cyst or a non cancerous swelling or it can be a cancer too .benign ones and cysts donot spread cancer is a malignant swelling usually presents like a complex ovarian cyst and it spreads inflammation is due to infection and gets cured with antibiotics.

There are few points to note here
the whole sample is to be reviewed to see if there is any high grade component mitosis 2-3 per hpf suggests low grade but extensive necrosis suggests high grade if the pathologist is sure it's low grade then no chemo is required if pathologist says there is a high grade component then you require adjuvant chemotherapy with three cycles of Taxanes and platinum also make sure your pre op staging and surgery was complete CA 125 also to be noted.

If ovarian cancer is found (and treated) before the cancer has spread outside the ovary (stages IA and IB), the 5-year relative survival rate is 92%.

All cancers can not be treated by chemo radiation. Chemo may not benefit in stage 4 cancer. Recent research tells that unnecessary chemo may reduce quality & life span too. Any cancer has only 4 treatments. Surgery, chemo, radiation and pain treatment (MIPI). Pain is the most common problem in stage 3 or 4. please remember Pain definitely can be controlled / treated at any stage of cancer. Pain relief needs dedicated pain management treatment usually offered by Pain specialist doctors. In additi...more

Because Chemotherapy is needed for complete eradication of any tumour cell which is thriving even after Surgery

Yes you should marry with everything explained to your future partner and visit a IVF specialist regarding possibility of fertility. Don't know whether you have undergone fertility sparing surgery or not.

Any patient of ovarian cancer has to follow up with the oncologist also irrespective of whether she is having symptoms or not. Because there are many advances in management which evolve over time. For e.g BRCA 1/2 gene testing is mandatory for all patients with history of ovarian cancer. So please follow up with the primary oncologist.