Ovarian Cancer

Conservative Surgery Okay for Women Wanting Children

Published in Cancer Weekly, February 22nd, 2000

Women in the first stage of ovarian cancer do not increase their risk of dying by undergoing a surgery that allows them to continue having children, researchers suggest in a new study.

The study, conducted by researchers at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York, examined 127 patients who had surgery after epithelial ovarian cancer was detected at stage I. That means it was present in one ovary but not in the second ovary or the uterus.

Ninety-two patients underwent a standard surgery to remove the uterus and all functioning ovarian tissue, while 16 others had a more limited surgery that preserved the uterus and at least one ovary. ...

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