OVARIAN CANCER TREATMENTS

Ovarian cancer is usually treated with a combination of surgery and chemotherapy. Sometimes radiation therapy is also used. The surgery is generally what amounts to a radical hysterectomy-removal of the reproductive organs and some lymph glands-and it often takes place as soon as the cancer is found, during the laparotomy.

If you have surgery, chemotherapy usually follows. You may also have radiation therapy, in which a beam of radiation is targeted on the cancer in order to eliminate it. The radiation treatments are painless, although you may find yourself much more tired than usual.