My sister who is 51 has been diagnosed with ovarian cancer and is fixing to have her 4th chemo treatment. They say now there are nogels on the lungs. But one tumor on the ovary has decreased in size, but the other has grown some and also has affected the lymph nodes in the omental...She has been going through this pain before being diagnosed in 9-10 and had been suffering for 3 yrs. I just wonder if there is a good outcome of this for my sister..they are waiting to do surgery and I wonder why? Want to do another CAP scan before deceiding, just wonder why they dont go and get the cancers out. Also is has messtasize to the colon as well as the uterus and now lungs...what do you think.?
Hi, Thanks for writing in. There seems to be nodules in her lungs. These nodules are to be confirmed whether they are secondaries or due to any other reason. If there are secondary lung nodules then it is stage 4 cancer. The treatment of stage 4 cancer is challenging and survival is 2 years in most patients. Probably the doctors want to Du debunking surgery and try extending survival. If she is having the disease for 3 years then it was progressing slowly and the doctors want to give during treatment a chance to reduce the cancer from spreading fast. She might be in good general health condition for the doctor to consider surgery. Please do not worry.