Most people with ovarian cancer have surgery to remove their cancer. For some early cancers, this might be the only treatment you need. Some people will have other treatments too, usually chemotherapy ...

One simple add-on procedure to routine pelvic surgeries could potentially prevent thousands of deaths from ovarian cancer every year. Yet most women are never told it’s an option. The procedure, ...

The optimal timing of surgery in patients with resectable advanced ovarian cancer remains controversial. Should these patients receive the standard radical surgery followed by chemotherapy, or could ...

Aimee Knight underwent genetic testing and preventive surgeries after losing her mother and grandmother to ovarian cancer. Despite removing her ovaries, Aimee was diagnosed with incurable stage 3 ...

CHICAGO -- Upfront surgery for advanced ovarian cancer failed to improve overall survival (OS) versus interval debulking but did improve progression-free survival (PFS) for the first time in a phase ...

Significant disparities exist in the adoption of minimally invasive interval debulking surgery for advanced ovarian cancer, with gaps potentially widening as the procedure becomes more common.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Fertility-sparing surgery resulted in similar overall 5-year survival rates as non-sparing surgery.

CHICAGO -- Omitting lymphadenectomy in patients with advanced epithelial ovarian cancer treated with primary or interval cytoreductive surgery after neoadjuvant chemotherapy did not compromise ...

Ovarian cancer relapse can happen even after successful treatment. Doctors explain key warning signs, recurrence risks, and 5 important ways to protect ovarian health.

Obesity is associated with increased surgical complications in EOC, including wound infections and intestinal problems, but not with overall survival differences. Meta-analysis showed obesity linked ...

Chemotherapy uses medicines to kill fast-growing cells (like cancer cells) or to keep them from dividing (which is how cancers grow). It is usually a systemic treatment. This means the medicine will ...

Fasting before and after chemotherapy may improve treatment response among women with high-grade serous ovarian cancer, ...