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Conservative management of ovarian cancer in a 15‐year‐old patient
Author(s) -
Shah S.,
Sturdee D.W.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
international journal of gynecology and obstetrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.895
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1879-3479
pISSN - 0020-7292
DOI - 10.1016/0020-7292(95)02521-d
Subject(s) - medicine , ovarian cancer , conservative management , ovary , stage (stratigraphy) , gynecology , epithelial ovarian cancer , conservative treatment , cancer , general surgery , surgery , paleontology , biology
A 15‐year‐old patient with stage‐Ia epithelial ovarian cancer was managed conservatively after simple excision of the tumor. The remaining ovary is screened at regular intervals by ultrasound. It is hoped that this policy is justified to allow future childbearing after which total pelvic clearance is proposed.