Call your doctor if any of the following occur during home treatment: 1  You have early symptoms of pregnancy, such as: 2  Missed periods. 3  Increased urination. 4  Fatigue. 5  Breast tenderness or enlargement. 6  Nausea and vomiting. 7  You have missed more than two menstrual periods in a row.
Surgery is the primary treatment for all types of ovarian cancer. 1  Surgery is used to: 2  accurately stage the disease. 3  completely remove the tumour. 4  remove as much of the tumour as possible (debulking) before using other therapies. 5  lessen pain or ease symptoms (palliative treatment)
1 Prophylactic oophorectomy doesn't completely eliminate your risk of breast cancer or ovarian cancer. 2  A type of cancer that looks and acts identical to ovarian cancer can develop after the ovaries and fallopian tubes are removed. Prophylactic oophorectomy doesn't completely eliminate your risk of breast cancer or ovarian cancer. 2  A type of cancer that looks and acts identical to ovarian cancer can develop after the ovaries and fallopian tubes are removed.