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Gynecologic Cancers • Ovarian Cancer
How many cycles of BEP would you treat an immature teratoma of the ovary?
For a young patient that underwent fertility sparing surgery for immature teratoma of the ovary, would you treat until tumor markers normalize even if it is greater than 4 cycles?
Answer from: at Academic Institution
Assuming we are discussing a grade 2 or 3 stage I IT or stage II-IV IT, the standard of care would be to provide 4 cycles of BEP (although some have advocated for 3 cycles of BEP for low risk disease and 4 for high risk disease). (Brown et al., PMID 25341580) Following this, if tumor markers are sti...
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