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What Is The Prognosis Of A Patient Suffering From Stage 4 Ovarian Cancer?
what do you think the life expectancy of my friend would be. We went to oncologist today and he was recommending that he just treats symtoms now. She is stage 4 ovarian cancer,76 years old and he said it has spread peritineum, sorry can't spell it. thanks
Thu, 15 May 2014
Currently, the standard treatment for Stage IV ovarian cancer consists of both surgery and chemotherapy. Unfortunately, less than 10% of patients experience long-term survival following standard treatment. This is because Stage IV ovarian cancer is difficult to completely remove with surgery and the currently available chemotherapy is unable to eradiate all of the remaining cancer. Both optimal cytoreductive surgery and platinum-based chemotherapy prolong the time to cancer recurrence and improve overall survival.
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