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Is Surgery Required For Ovarian Cancer If Responding To Chemotherapy?

my wife suneeta diagonosed overy cancer in the month of noe 2009, it was 3rd stage, However after 3rd chemo with paclitaxal& carboplatinum,her CA-125 was 100,the doctor who gave her chemo suggested to go ahead with 4th chemo but surgeon said we will operate her ,after operation, following chemo did not work & her CA-125 went to 11000u/ml.My quetion to all surgeon & physition in this world is, when she was respondind well to chemo was operation necessary! After operation she developed Adhesions& metastatics, Now we are helpless WHAT DO I DO, PLEASE SUGGEST ME.
                                                                 
Mon, 2 Mar 2015
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The treatment that your wife has received is completely scientific and correct. Stage 3 ovarian cancer cannot be cured by chemotherapy alone. Both chemotherapy and surgery need to be part of the treatment plan. However, despite this treatment a number of patients fail later and recurrences do occur. The 5 year survival for stage 3 ovarian cancer is only 30%. Your wife developed a recurrence not because of wrong treatment but because of the advanced stage at presentation and the aggressive nature of the disease.
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Is Surgery Required For Ovarian Cancer If Responding To Chemotherapy?

The treatment that your wife has received is completely scientific and correct. Stage 3 ovarian cancer cannot be cured by chemotherapy alone. Both chemotherapy and surgery need to be part of the treatment plan. However, despite this treatment a number of patients fail later and recurrences do occur. The 5 year survival for stage 3 ovarian cancer is only 30%. Your wife developed a recurrence not because of wrong treatment but because of the advanced stage at presentation and the aggressive nature of the disease.