i just found out last night that my best friends mom has ovarian cancer and its already spread to her liver and rectom. she went in for a colonoscopy on friday, they told her to go to the gyno, she went monday and by yesterday she was hospitalized. she has to go in for surgery this weekend and then start radiation. what are her chances?|||Ovarian cancer is often fatal because it is usually advanced when diagnosed. Symptoms are usually absent in early stage and nonspecific in advanced stage. Evaluation usually includes ultrasonography, CT or MRI, and measurement of tumor markers (eg, cancer antigen 125). Diagnosis is by histologic analysis. Staging is surgical. Treatment requires hysterectomy, bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy, excision of as much involved tissue as possible, and, unless cancer is localized, chemotherapy.

Please see the web pages for more details on Ovarian cancer.|||my one sister had ovarian cancer stage 11…she is still with us 10 yrs later…your friend mom seem like it spread …my other sister has breast cancer colon and now spread to liver..she had her rectom removed…and wears a colospy bag…they told her a couple of years . your friend mom .it depends on how she reacts to the chemo..and radiationand what stage she in my sister is stage 4 colon rectal cancer