Treatment Options By Stage
Stage I Ovarian Germ Cell Tumors
Stage II Ovarian Germ Cell Tumors
Stage III Ovarian Germ Cell Tumors
Stage IV Ovarian Germ Cell Tumors
A link to a list of current clinical trials is included for each treatment section. For some types or stages of cancer, there may not be any trials listed. Check with your doctor for clinical trials that are not listed here but may be right for you.
Stage I Ovarian Germ Cell Tumors
Treatment depends on whether the tumor is dysgerminoma or another type of germ cell tumor.
Treatment of dysgerminoma may include the following:
Treatment of other germ cell tumors may be either:
- unilateral salpingo-oophorectomy followed by careful
observation; or
- unilateral salpingo-oophorectomy, sometimes followed by combination chemotherapy.
Check for U.S. clinical trials from NCI's PDQ Cancer Clinical Trials Registry that are now accepting patients with stage I ovarian germ cell tumor.
Stage II Ovarian Germ Cell Tumors
Treatment depends on whether the tumor is dysgerminoma or another
type of germ cell tumor.
Treatment of dysgerminoma may be either:
Treatment of other germ cell tumors may include the following:
- Unilateral salpingo-oophorectomy followed by combination
chemotherapy.
- Second-look
surgery (surgery performed after primary treatment to determine
whether tumor cells remain).
- A clinical trial of new treatment options.
Check for U.S. clinical trials from NCI's PDQ Cancer Clinical Trials Registry that are now accepting patients with stage II ovarian germ cell tumor.
Stage III Ovarian Germ Cell Tumors
Treatment depends on whether the tumor is dysgerminoma or another
type of germ cell tumor.
Treatment of dysgerminoma may include the following:
Treatment of other germ cell tumors may include the following:
- Total abdominal hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy, with
removal of as much of the cancer in the pelvis and abdomen as possible.
Chemotherapy will be given before and/or after surgery.
- Unilateral salpingo-oophorectomy followed by chemotherapy.
- Second-look surgery (surgery performed after primary
treatment to determine whether tumor cells remain).
- A clinical trial of new treatment options.
Check for U.S. clinical trials from NCI's PDQ Cancer Clinical Trials Registry that are now accepting patients with stage III ovarian germ cell tumor.
Stage IV Ovarian Germ Cell Tumors
Treatment depends on whether the tumor is dysgerminoma or another
type of germ cell tumor.
Treatment of dysgerminoma may include the following:
Treatment of other germ cell tumors may include the following:
- Total abdominal hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy, with
removal of as much of the cancer in the pelvis and abdomen as possible.
Chemotherapy will be given before and/or after surgery.
- Unilateral salpingo-oophorectomy followed by chemotherapy.
- Second-look surgery (surgery performed after primary
treatment to determine whether tumor cells remain).
- A clinical trial of new treatment options.
Check for U.S. clinical trials from NCI's PDQ Cancer Clinical Trials Registry that are now accepting patients with stage IV ovarian germ cell tumor.
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