There are several options for surgery when it comes to ovarian cancer. A woman may get an exploratory laparotomy, a total abdominal hysterectomy, or debulking surgery. The type of surgery and technique will depend on how widespread the cancer is.
The length and complexity of your ovarian cancer surgery will depend on the stage of your diagnosis and how widely your cancer has spread. If your doctor identifies ovarian cancer before it has spread from your ovaries to nearby tissue, you may have a relatively simple surgery. If your ovarian cancer has spread beyond your ovaries, however, you may have a more invasive surgery, in which your surgeon removes your uterus and neighboring organs or tissue, too.
“In general, we are going to go after anything that we are concerned about being cancer in order to, at the end of the surgery, have no evidence that cancer remains,” says Dr. Dennis DeSimone.
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There are several options for surgery when it comes to ovarian cancer. A woman may get an exploratory laparotomy, a total abdominal hysterectomy, or debulking surgery. The type of surgery and technique will depend on how widespread the cancer is.
The length and complexity of your ovarian cancer surgery will depend on the stage of your diagnosis and how widely your cancer has spread. If your doctor identifies ovarian cancer before it has spread from your ovaries to nearby tissue, you may have a relatively simple surgery. If your ovarian cancer has spread beyond your ovaries, however, you may have a more invasive surgery, in which your surgeon removes your uterus and neighboring organs or tissue, too.
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“In general, we are going to go after anything that we are concerned about being cancer in order to, at the end of the surgery, have no evidence that cancer remains,” says Dr. Dennis DeSimone.
Learn more about SurvivorNet's rigorous medical review process.
Dr. Dennis DeSimone specializes in the surgical and medical treatment of gynecologic malignancies. Read More
