Hello, all
I underwent debulking surgery more than a month ago and was dx stage 3 high grade ovarian cancer.
Before the chemo, the CT scan shows scattered peritoneal implants and 2 soft tissue nodules 1.7*1.4 cm and 2.2*1.6 cm,
base on the close location to the cancer site and the fact that the blood marker is still elevated (went from 50 to 40),
they concluded those are most likely cancers. But they will go ahead with chemo and watch it afterwards.
By comparing the CT taken right before surgery, the first one is likely pre-existing and the second one is probably new.
My question is:
1. Can a new nodule grow into more than 2 cm in less than 2 months?
2. Anyone has residual nodule before chemo, how normally it is handled?
(I read some reference saying non-optimal surgery will affect the survival rate, is it too late to fix this?).