Frequent questions

Conditions & Treatments

Ovarian Cancer

Yes, this is possible for carefully selected patients, ON CONDITION THAT they have been fully informed of and accepted that: 1) preserving the other ovary and the uterus is NOT the recommended first-line surgical treatment, but is still an acceptable alternative to a surgically confirmed FIRST-stage ovarian cancer, meaning that the patient should 2) have undergone or should undergo again surgical staging in order to confirm that the malignancy has not spread to other pelvic or abdominal organs and the lymph nodes, and 3) that following a pregnancy, treatment should be completed by removing the uterus and the other ovary and fallopian tube.

TECHNIQUES & PROCEDURES
Total Hysterectomy
Total Hysterectomy

This is an operation to remove the entire uterus, as well as the fallopian tubes & ovaries, and its quite common, in case of endometrial (uturine) cancer.

Fertility & Cancer
Fertility & Cancer

Women of reproductive age that may develop gynecologic cancers... also have to cope with the prospect of not being able to bear children.

Colposcopy
Colposcopy

It is a medical diagnostic procedure to examine a magnified view of the cervix, the uterus, the external reproductive organs... using a special machine.