If cancer is found only in the ovary and the fallopian tube on the same side and the patient wants to have children in the future, a unilateral salpingo-oophorectomy can be done. Chemotherapy is given following surgery. Chemotherapy is given after surgery. If cancer remains following chemotherapy, additional chemotherapy with different drugs may be needed. Chemotherapy is given following surgery.
Chemotherapy is given after surgery.
If the cancer remains following chemotherapy, another operation may be done to remove as much remaining tumor as possible. Following this operation, the patient may receive more chemotherapy if there is still active disease. Systemic chemotherapy followed by total abdominal hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy and tumor debulking. Depending on the results of this operation, the patient may need more chemotherapy. If cancer is found only in the ovary and the fallopian tube on the same side and the patient wants to have children in the future, unilateral salpingo-oophorectomy can be done.