Can advanced ovarian cancer be treated effectively?
Disease description:
A colleague of my mother's has been diagnosed with late-stage ovarian cancer, which has made my mother very frightened. May I ask, can late-stage ovarian cancer be treated effectively?
Doctor's answer (1)
Dr. Qi Zhirong
Advanced ovarian cancer is difficult to cure completely. Currently, the treatment for advanced ovarian cancer mainly involves chemotherapy, targeted drug therapy, and other approaches aimed at controlling tumor growth, reducing tumor size, and prolonging patients' lives while improving their quality of life.
1. Treatment Goals: The primary objectives in treating advanced ovarian cancer are controlling the disease, slowing the spread of cancer cells, and improving patients' quality of life as much as possible.
2. Treatment Methods: Chemotherapy and targeted drug therapy are the main treatment modalities for advanced ovarian cancer, achieving therapeutic effects by inhibiting or killing cancer cells.
3. Prognosis: Although the cure rate for advanced ovarian cancer is low, active treatment can kill some cancer cells, slow disease progression, and improve patients' quality of life.
