Not all patients are cured with standard therapy and some standard treatments may have more side effects than are desired. Clinical trials are ongoing in many parts of the country for patients with ovarian germ cell tumor. Unilateral salpingo-oophorectomy followed by chemotherapy if the patient wishes to have children in the future. Unilateral salpingo-oophorectomy followed by chemotherapy. Clinical trials are testing new combinations of chemotherapy drugs.
Chemotherapy is given following surgery.
Total abdominal hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy. Surgery is followed by chemotherapy. If the 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. If the cancer remains following chemotherapy, another operation may be done to remove as much remaining tumor as possible.