Surgery is one of the main treatments for ovarian cancer. It is usually carried out by a surgeon who specialises in gynaecological cancer surgery. The aim of ovarian cancer surgery is to remove all of the cancer or as much of it as possible. The exact type of surgery you have, and whether you have it before or after chemotherapy, will be affected by the stage of your cancer.
This section gives an overview of ovarian cancer surgery, including the different ways surgery can treat ovarian cancer and what to expect in the different stages of your recovery from ovarian cancer.
For more information on any of the topics covered, you can visit:
- Macmillan Cancer Support: Surgery explained
- Cancer Research UK: Surgery
- NHS: Ovarian cancer treatment
- Ovacome: What happens if you are diagnosed with ovarian cancer
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Types of ovarian cancer surgery
Find out more about Types of ovarian cancer surgeryRead about the different ways surgery is used to treat early and advanced stage ovarian cancer
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Preparing for surgery
Find out more about Preparing for surgeryRead about what will happen before and after your operation, and ways to prepare for your stay in hospital
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Recovery and follow-up
Find out more about Recovery and follow-upMost women can go home within a week of their surgery
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Longer term effects of surgery
Find out more about Longer term effects of surgeryOvarian cancer and early menopause, fertility, and relationships
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Meet the surgeons
Tim Duncan specialises in gynaecological cancers while Hooman Soleymani Majd is part of an ovarian cancer research group pioneering ultra-radical surgery.Find out more about Meet the surgeons