How many years can you live after being cured of ovarian cancer

The incidence and mortality of ovarian cancer are relatively high, and many women will die from it. Surgery is the main method of treating ovarian cancer. It can be divided into comprehensive staged surgery and staged surgery that preserves fertility. Both have good therapeutic effects. So how many years can a woman survive after being cured of ovarian cancer?

1 There is no accurate number for how many years a patient can live after being cured of ovarian cancer, because each patient's physical condition, the chance of recurrence, physical tolerance, and the severity of the disease are all different. However, some patients with early ovarian cancer can live for more than ten years after being cured. Of course, this is also the result of active treatment. If the cancer cells of the cured patient recur and spread quickly, she may only survive for one or two years.

2 Ovarian cancer patients must cooperate with other auxiliary treatments to be cured, so that cancer cells will not recur. Recurrent cancer cells are the main cause of death of patients. There are many treatments that can be performed. Chemotherapy can kill residual cancer cells, especially those malignant germ cells, which can improve the survival rate of patients and make patients heal faster.

3 Radiotherapy can also be performed, which is also one of the methods of cure. However, the sensitivity of ovarian malignant tumors to radiation varies greatly. Ovarian endodermal sinus tumor, immature teratoma, and embryonal carcinoma are the least sensitive, while ovarian epithelial cancer and granulosa cell carcinoma are moderately sensitive, and dysgerminoma is the most sensitive. Radiotherapy followed by curative treatment can control the growth of cancer cells, but there are side effects, and it cannot be used for patients in the advanced stage.

Patients with ovarian cancer need to undergo these treatments to be cured, so that they can live longer. They should also undergo chemotherapy before surgery, which can shrink the cancerous tumor and increase the success rate of the surgery. Patients themselves should also have a good attitude to face these treatments, and should seek early treatment and not miss the best treatment period.