stage 3 borderline ovarian cancer

[bar847]

what does borderline stage 3 cancer mean    a hisorectomy was performed and a lymph node removed

6 bouts of chemo nrecomended spaced n3 weeks apart

what istheprognosis

[sandiestar]

I too have broderline stage 3... this means the tumor is borderline... that is not a full invasive cancer, the stage relates to how involved different parts of the body are involved. i.e one ovary ro two etc.

Try googling FIGO stages ovarian cancer... this will describe the stages of cancer and should help you to understand what the staging means.

Stage III (A, B, C): Cancer is in both ovaries with spread to abdominal lymph nodes or to the outer surface of the liver, intestine or other abdominal organs; at stage IIIA microscopic deposits of cancer cells are found on the outer surfaces of abdominal organs; at stage III B cancer is limited to the pelvis, the lymph nodes are negative but cancer no larger than two centimeters is found on abdominal organs; at stage IIIC cancer affecting the abdomen is larger than two centimeters and/or some lymph nodes are positive for cancer. Treatment: Surgery, including removal of the omentum, followed by chemotherapy.

the borderline diagnosis generally menas the cancer is o invasive and will therefore not spread to other organs... hence being a bordeline rather than a full invasive cancer.

try this link http://ovariancancer.jhmi.edu/lmp.cfm