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my mom stage 4 cancer ovary and says NO for the surgery,what to do?

hello,
my mom is 60 years old she was diagnosed with ovarian cancer on august 2010, right ovary with metastases to uterus,omental nodules,ascites(massive),moderate left pleural effusion and left adrenal nodule(2cm). she was on neoadjuvant chemotherapy with good response by the end of last chemo her CA125 is now 14 (before chemo it was 570)
the pleural effusion gone,the omental nodules together with size of tumor had markedly regressed and ascites is mild and the left adrenal nodule has decreased from 2cm to 1.5.
she is supposed to do surgery but she refuses. Is it important that she does it? what if she didnt do it,what would be the prognosis?
The type of tumour is papillary serous adenocarcinoma grade3,poorly differentiated.what is the prognosis of this type?
                                                                                                                         Thank you so much for your time
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I am a physician. My 74 year old wife was diagnosed with ovarian cancer stage 3C 1 year ago. She underwent surgery by a very skilled
gyn-oncologic surgeon. She has received 13 sessions of chemotherapy (7 IV and 6 IP) during this past year. Her CA125 was 1125 a year ago and now is 18. 2 PET scans since are entirely normal. We have hopes for a complete cure. Tell your mom to have the surgery (should be performed by a certified gyn-oncologic surgeon, trained to deal with this kind of tumor). Following through at this stage is most important. It's called extensive debulking with removal uterus, ovaries, tubes, omentum, and all the tumor larger than 1cm in size. Prayers are most important and you have ours.
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do the sugery. my grannie stage 4 and drs gave her six months to live and that was 6 years ago. so many advacements. my sister is doing well too, alot of cells can be removed with surgery
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