Treatment of Stage I 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 include the following:

• Unilateral salpingo-oophorectomy with or without lymphangiography or CT scan.
• Unilateral salpingo-oophorectomy followed by observation.
• Unilateral salpingo-oophorectomy followed by radiation therapy.
• Unilateral salpingo-oophorectomy followed by chemotherapy.

Treatment of other ovarian germ cell tumors may be either:

• unilateral salpingo-oophorectomy followed by careful observation; or
• unilateral salpingo-oophorectomy, sometimes followed by combination chemotherapy.

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