Treatments for ovarian cancer
Your healthcare team will create a treatment plan just for you. The plan is based on your health and specific information about the cancer. What you want is also important when planning treatment.
The treatments offered for ovarian cancer are also used for fallopian tube and primary peritoneal cancer. These cancers start in the same type of tissue as the most common type of ovarian cancer and are staged and treated the same way. But they are much rarer cancers.
When deciding which treatments to offer for ovarian, fallopian tube or primary peritoneal cancer, your healthcare team will consider:
- the type of cancer
- the stage of the cancer
- the grade of the cancer
- possible side effects
- your age
- your overall health
- any medical problems you have
- your lifestyle and what you prefer or want
Surgery and chemotherapy are the main treatments for these cancers. Sometimes other treatments are used, such as targeted therapy, radiation therapy and hormone therapy. Immunotherapy is rarely used.
Treatments for epithelial ovarian cancer
Treatments for germ cell ovarian cancer
Treatments for stromal ovarian cancer
Treatments for borderline ovarian tumours
Surgery for ovarian cancer
Chemotherapy for ovarian cancer
Radiation therapy for ovarian cancer
Hormone therapy for ovarian cancer
Targeted therapy for ovarian cancer
Immunotherapy for ovarian cancer
Follow-up after treatment for ovarian cancer
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