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What will happen, if a patient undergoes leprotomy and not take chemo, in 3rd stage ovarian cancer?

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Ovarian cancer: If it an invasive epithelial ovarian cancer (most common type) the average survival without chemo is <6 months.

Answered 10/6/2015

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