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Could this be ovarian cancer

My Mom has a blood disease called Polycythemia and recently had a tumor on her ovary which was called a Granulosa tumor. They removed her tube and the ovary that the tumor was attached to. She is 74 years old. My question is does Polycythemia and Granulosa have anything in common and since the tumor was malignant but calcified will she need any type of cancer treatment?
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Yes, they left her other ovary and we also wondered why. She will be seen on Sept. 10, 2008 by the GYN/Oncologist. Her doctor said that the tumor was a low grade cancer and he believes that it was self contained and had been there for years and years. He waited a year before removing it because it was not growing. My sisters and I are just so concerned that we are not being told everything by the doctors or just don't understand what they are telling us.
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At 74 they left her other ovary?  If the tumor was malignant she needs to be seen by a GYN/Oncologist as they are the experts.  Also, was she staged during surgery?  The stage of the disease will determine the course of treatment.  
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