Main content Hysterectomy for Ovarian Cancer

    Hysterectomy for Ovarian Cancer



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    Surgery may be the only treatment needed for women with early-stage ovarian cancer and low risk of the cancer progressing. This includes women whose surgery showed no tumor cells in the abdomen or in the capsule surrounding the ovary.



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