Open AccessManagement, prognosis and reproductive outcomes of Borderline Ovarian Tumor relapse during pregnancy: from diagnosis to potential treatment options.
Author(s) -
Francesco Cosentino,
Luigi Carlo Turco,
Stefano Cianci,
Francesco Fanfani,
Anna Fagotti,
Salvatore Gueli Alletti,
Giuseppe Vizzielli,
Salvatore Giovanni Vitale,
Antonio Simone Laganá,
Francesco Padula,
Claudio Coco,
Salvatore Pisconti,
Giovanni Scambia
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of prenatal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1971-3290
pISSN - 1971-3282
DOI - 10.11138/jpm/2016.10.1.008
Subject(s) - medicine , pregnancy , fertility , fertility preservation , conservative management , referral , gestation , obstetrics , debulking , medline , gynecology , surgery , population , ovarian cancer , family medicine , cancer , genetics , environmental health , political science , law , biology
fertility sparing surgery is the first option for treatment of childbearing age women affected by borderline ovarian tumor (BOT). This review put in evidence the benefits and the risks of conservative surgery procedure. Moreover, the literature review is aimed to analyze the possibility of fertility sparing surgery in BOTs and to define a standard treatment in the management of this pathology during pregnancy.