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Ovarian treatment lowers the amount of oestrogen in your
body. Oestrogen is a hormone made by your ovaries. Some cancers
need oestrogen to grow. By treating the ovaries, the production
of oestrogen is reduced and cancers needing oestrogen are
less able to grow. For this reason, ovarian treatment is only
useful for women who are pre-menopausal. It is used to treat
cancers which have oestrogen positive receptors.
Key Points
Ovarian treatment can be given in any of the following ways:
- a hormone implant is put under the skin in your stomach
each months for two years of more to stop your ovaries from
making oestrogen
or
- You might have an operation to take out your ovaries (oophorectomy)
or
- radiation therapy is given to your ovaries to stop them
from working.
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