Treatment of Recurrent Ovarian Germ Cell Tumors

For information about the treatments listed below, see the Treatment Option Overview section.

Treatment depends on whether the tumor is a dysgerminoma or another type of ovarian germ cell tumor.

Treatment of dysgerminoma may be:

• Chemotherapy with or without radiation therapy.

Treatment of other ovarian germ cell tumors may include the following:

• Chemotherapy.
• Surgery with or without chemotherapy.
• A clinical trial of high-dose chemotherapy followed by bone marrow transplant.
• A clinical trial of a new treatment.

Use our clinical trial search to find NCI-supported cancer clinical trials that are accepting patients. You can search for trials based on the type of cancer, the age of the patient, and where the trials are being done. General information about clinical trials is also available.