Many women know more about the lesions that occur in the uterus, but they do not know much about ovarian cancer, a malignant disease that occurs in another very important organ. Ovarian cancer is a malignant tumor that occurs in the ovaries, with the third highest incidence rate after cervical cancer and uterine corpus cancer, but the highest mortality rate among gynecological tumors, making it a rather dangerous malignant disease. It is also because the ovaries are deep in the pelvic cavity, the early symptoms are often atypical and there is no effective early diagnosis method, once the symptoms appear, the lesion is already in advanced stage, and the opportunity of early surgery is lost. The five-year survival rate of ovarian cancer is very low, making it one of the malignant tumors that seriously threaten women’s lives. Like many cancers, the causes of ovarian cancer are still unclear, but in general, environmental and endocrine influences are most important among the causative factors of ovarian cancer. Environmental factors: Environmental factors are important factors in the development of many cancers, and with the development of modern economy, environmental pollution is getting heavier and heavier, and the incidence of various malignant diseases has a tendency to increase significantly. Breast cancer and endometrial cancer are mostly complicated by ovarian cancer, and all three diseases are dependent on this hormone. 4.Lifestyle: unmarried, late marriage, infertility, infertility, infertility, use of ovulation drugs, not breastfeeding, smoking, frequent use of condoms, etc. 5, Dietary habits: From the incidence area, the high-fat diet in Europe obviously increases the risk of incidence. 6, age factors: postmenopausal, especially menopausal women older than 50 years old; 7, psychological factors: long-term repression, avoidance, forbearance, will not properly vent depression. If ovarian cancer is diagnosed through pathology, active and regular treatment should be carried out as soon as possible. The treatment of ovarian cancer should be considered comprehensively and different treatment methods should be selected according to its stage (early and late), pathological type, patient’s age and their own will, which mainly include: surgery, chemotherapy, radiotherapy and traditional Chinese medicine treatment, etc. 1.Surgery: Surgery is the most important treatment for ovarian malignant tumor.
The first choice for early stage ovarian cancer is surgery to remove the cancerous lesion, and nowadays minimally invasive laparoscopic surgery is the first choice, which is more effective in early stage. The treatment of late stage ovarian cancer should be considered in many aspects, as the body of late stage cancer patients is often weak and there is no way to remove all the metastases in a large scale, so surgery itself is more burdensome to patients at this time. 2.Chemotherapy: It is also widely used as adjuvant treatment for surgery, and is often used before, during and after surgery.
It can kill the small amount of cancer cells that may remain after surgery and reduce the risk of recurrence, so postoperative chemotherapy is necessary. Ovaries are located deep in the pelvic cavity, surrounded by bladder, intestines, abdominal wall and other organs. Malignant tumor cells shed from ovaries are likely to fall on the surface of surrounding organs and form metastases, some of which are visible to the naked eye and some are not. In late stage patients, metastases are so extensive that we refuse to remove all cancer tissues and can only kill cancer cells through chemotherapy. 3. Radiotherapy: Since most types of ovarian cancer are not sensitive to radiotherapy and often produce a series of side effects, it is often not used as the first choice of treatment. Only a few types are highly sensitive to radiotherapy, such as asexual cell tumor, and can be the first choice of treatment. 4.Chinese medicine treatment: Chinese medicine treatment cannot kill cancer cells, but it can regulate the body and enhance immunity through Chinese medicine, which can be used according to the situation. It should be noted that many people think that Chinese medicine has no side effects, but in fact, it is not true, some Chinese medicines can damage liver, kidney and other organs when applied for a long time, and they also need to be taken under the guidance of doctors. If applied correctly, traditional Chinese medicine can be effective in improving the patient’s symptoms. 5. Other: there are biological immunotherapy, etc., but there are not many applications at present.