How long can one live with ascites in advanced ovarian cancer

How long can you live with ascites in advanced ovarian cancer?

The lesions of ovarian cells are ovarian cancer. Because there are many follicles in the ovaries, which is where the follicles grow, when the follicles mature and are discharged by the ovaries, if they are captured, they may enter the fallopian tubes and be fertilized with sperm. Because the follicles mature every day and every month, the process of continuous maturation and discharge will also be repaired, and this process may become cancerous, which is the cause of ovarian cancer.

The ovaries have many different cells, including epithelial cells, germ cells, and stromal cells, which may become cancerous. Therefore, there are different types of ovarian cancer, epithelial cancer, germ cell tumors, and stromal cell tumors. The most common 60% and more than 70% are ovarian epithelial cancer. For this part of epithelial cancer, many people may come to see a doctor in the late stage, and the prognosis may be poor. Ovarian cancer is divided into stage I, stage II, stage III, and stage IV according to the extent of the lesion.

How long can you live with ascites in advanced ovarian cancer?

Ovarian cancer patients often have non-specific symptoms due to the lack of obvious early symptoms. The ovaries are hidden and located deep in the pelvic cavity, making them difficult to touch in the early stage. Symptoms may include indigestion, abdominal distension, or loss of appetite. In the late stage, due to the spread, implantation, or metastasis of the tumor, a large amount of ascites often occurs.

In fact, most of the patients who come to see the doctor frequently are advanced patients with ascites. When ovarian cancer patients have a large amount of ascites, they often have difficulty eating, defecating and passing gas, and their physical condition will decline significantly, indicating that the lesion is growing rapidly and it is impossible to predict how long the patient can live.

If there is a lot of ascites, the patient can receive corresponding treatment, whether it is chemotherapy or surgery, and can achieve better results. The patient's survival period is 3, 4 or even 5 years; if the patient is in a bad mood and cannot tolerate surgery and related chemotherapy, the patient's survival time is often shorter.