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How long can ovarian cancer be left untreated?

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Dr. Carlos Encarnacion answered

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???: Why? Even patients with advanced cancer can be treated successfully for control of symptoms and sometimes do well for over a year. Progressive ovarian cancer can be quite unpleasant so i'm not sure why it would be left untreated. Of course, if the patient has already received multiple chemos, it would be a different situation. To answer your ?, it depends but probably not for long.

Dr Satulovsky agreed

Answered 10/1/2013

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