Question 1

if you have ovarian cancer is it possible to freeze your eggs before your oophorectomy?

Accepted Answer

Yes but a risk: If that is a concern then this is something you must speak to your doctor about immediately, before the initiation of therapy. You have two ovaries but it depends  on the stage of your tumor. Very few ovarian cancers are found at an early stage and delaying treatment in an advanced tumor could be disasterous.

Question 2

if you have ovarian cancer can you freeze your eggs before your oophorectomy surgery?

Accepted Answer

Ues but: They would probably take out your womb too so the eggs would only be good got invitro fertilization carried by another woman.

Question 3

what age it s more possible to get ovarian cancer?

Accepted Answer

Ovarian cancer: The average age of a woman with ovarian cancer in the us is 62-63.  In women with a family history, women with brca1 mutations usually get cancer earlier and women with brca2 mutations get ovarian cancer at a later age.

Question 4

need help when ovarian cancer recurs, what kind(s) of cancer is it most likely to be?

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The same cancer: Recurrence means that it's the same cancer that has come back.  While it may come back in a different place in the abdomen-- the cell type is the same regardless even if the ovaries are no longer there.  A biopsy will show if the recurrence is consistent with the original cancer.

Question 5

how fast does ovarian cancer grow?

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Very fast!: This is a form of cancer that requires quick intervention.

Question 6

how fast does ovarian cancer spread?

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It's variable.: Some ovarian cancers spread very slowly - over years, even. The most common form of ovarian cancer likely spreads more quickly than that (weeks to months), but every patient with ovarian cancer is different.

Question 7

where does ovarian cancer spread to?

Accepted Answer

Pelvis & abomen: Commonly when advaced spreads in the abdomen affecting the peritoneum producing increased intra pelvic and abdominal fluid. As most cancers may spread to liver, lung, brain, bone. Most ovarian cancer produce symptoms only in advanced stages with nonspecific sensations of increased belly or intraabdominally discomfort. Ca 125 is not a screening test because of so many false positives and negatives.

Question 8

what tests can diagnose ovarian cancer?

Accepted Answer

Biopsy: While imaging (eg, pelvic ultrasound) or laboratory tests (eg, ca-125) may be suspicious for ovarian cancer, only a biopsy can definitively diagnosis ovarian cancer.

Question 9

can ovarian cancer be felt during exam?

Accepted Answer

In some cases: In some cases of ovarian cancer, a mass (or masses) can be felt in the pelvis with a manual vaginal examination. In advanced cases, a swollen abdomen from ascites can be seen on exam (but this is not specific for ovarian cancer). In most cases of ovarian cancer, the findings on exam are quite nonspecific.

Question 10

what is meant by end stage ovarian cancer?

Accepted Answer

Not curable: Typically when someone refers to end stage they are describing a case that is not curable.  Most of the time these are patients who have developed disease that has spread to parts of the body outside of where the cancer originally developed (i.e. Metastasis).

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