Treatment of Early Stage Ovarian Low Malignant Potential Tumors (Stage I and II)

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

Surgery is the standard treatment for early stage ovarian low malignant potential tumor. The type of surgery usually depends on whether a woman plans to have children.

For women who plan to have children, surgery is either:

• unilateral salpingo-oophorectomy; or
• partial oophorectomy.

To prevent recurrence of disease, most doctors recommend surgery to remove the remaining ovarian tissue when a woman no longer plans to have children.

For women who do not plan to have children, treatment may be hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy.

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