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In high-risk patients (BRCA, Lynch syndrome), we can do prophylactic bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy after the age of 35. | In high-risk patients (BRCA, Lynch syndrome), we can do prophylactic bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy after the age of 35. | ||
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== Management == | == Management == | ||
Most patients with epithelial ovarian carcinoma are treated by surgical removal or cytoreduction followed by adjuvant chemotherapy. Borderline tumours are managed like malignant epithelial tumours. | Most patients with epithelial ovarian carcinoma are treated by surgical removal or cytoreduction followed by adjuvant chemotherapy. Borderline tumours are managed like malignant epithelial tumours. | ||
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=== Radiotherapy === | === Radiotherapy === | ||
Radiotherapy is not part of the standard management of ovarian cancer, but it may be used on a palliative indication for recurrent or metastatic ovarian cancer. | Radiotherapy is not part of the standard management of ovarian cancer, but it may be used on a palliative indication for recurrent or metastatic ovarian cancer.<section end="borderline" /> | ||
=== Germ cell tumours === | === Germ cell tumours === | ||