Ovarian Cancer: Recurrence
Ovarian Cancer
Recurrence
Many women who've been treated for ovarian cancer will have a recurrence within five years ... there are many treatment options, some very new.
Eighty percent of women with ovarian cancer enter into remission. However, during the next five years, 70 to 80 percent of those women may have a “recurrence,” when the cancer comes back, according to Dr. Beth Karlan, a gynecologic oncologist at the UCLA Medical Center whose skill as a clinician is noted among her colleagues. The probability of recurrence is, without question, daunting, but there... Read More