What to do with advanced ovarian cancer? Is treatment still effective?

Ovarian cancer is one of the most common malignant diseases of the female reproductive organs. In the early stages, the symptoms are not obvious and are easily ignored. By the time it is detected, it is already in the middle or late stages, delaying the best time to treat the disease. But if we find that we must not give up. Let’s learn about what we should do when ovarian cancer reaches the late stage? Will the treatment still be effective?

The length of survival of patients with advanced ovarian cancer mainly depends on the patient's own immune tolerance and whether reasonable and standardized treatment methods are chosen during the treatment process. According to clinical data statistics from home and abroad, the five-year survival rate of patients with advanced ovarian cancer is only 25% to 30%. This shows that effective treatment of advanced ovarian cancer is very important. Choosing an active symptomatic treatment plan can prolong life to a certain extent.

When ovarian cancer develops to the late stage, it has often spread to the uterus, adnexa or pelvic organs, which is a major problem in both diagnosis and treatment. Developing a scientific and reasonable treatment plan is an important prerequisite for patients to live long-term and improve their quality of life. Surgical resection is currently one of the most effective methods for treating carcinoma in situ, but it is difficult to achieve ideal results for invasive ovarian cancer, especially in the late stage of ovarian cancer, when cancer cells have already spread. Surgical treatment is less effective, and local therapies such as radiotherapy and chemotherapy are difficult to completely eliminate cancer cells. Patients are prone to relapse after radiotherapy and chemotherapy, and the toxic side effects are significant, which can easily damage the patient's various functional organs and is not conducive to the scheduled progress of chemotherapy.

Ovarian cancer is a common and potentially fatal malignant tumor in the female reproductive tract. Therefore, many patients and their families are very concerned about how long they can survive in the late stage of ovarian cancer. In fact, the expert’s answer to this question is that as long as you actively receive treatment according to the doctor’s instructions, you can still prolong your life.

Ovarian malignant tumors grow rapidly and spread easily. However, in the early stages, patients often have no symptoms or have milder symptoms. The disease is often discovered accidentally during a gynecological examination, or when the tumor grows to a certain size and exceeds the pelvic cavity and can be palpated in the abdomen, or when complications occur. By the time medical treatment is sought, it is often in the late stage.

It is uncertain how long a patient with advanced ovarian cancer can live, but as long as one has a certain amount of willpower and confidence, life can be prolonged.