I had surgery in Nov. and was diagnosed with stage 3a non-envasive Ovarian Cancer. They said the tumor was a borderline serious tumor and that I had microscopic cancer cells all the way up into my intestines. I%26#039;m 23 now but was 22 when all this happened. They removed my right ovary, fillopian tube, appendix, and a chunk out of my uterus. Has anyone else gone through this and if so, did it come back? I%26#039;m scared….|||I believe that overall there is still some controversy associated with Borderline Ovarian Cancer. These tumors are considered to be inbetween benign and malignant and the preferred treatment is complete surgical removal.

Unfortunately, the higher the stage you%26#039;ve had the more likely that the disease will reocurr. Here is an eMedicine report on the disease.

http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic3233.h…

Stage III Borderline Ovarian Cancer is considered a low grade, slow growing cancer. They are usually not treated after surgery and if the tumor reoccurs it is again removed surgically. Reoccurence can happen at anytime, but since this is slow growing it could take up to 15-20 years. At the moment, treatment using chemotherapy for advanced stages of the disease is controversial.

Work-up and Treatment of Borderline Epithelial Ovarian Cancer

http://www.nccn.org/patients/patient_gls…

Follow-up After Initial Treatment of Borderline Epithelial Ovarian Cancer

http://www.nccn.org/patients/patient_gls…

Best wishes with this. Stay strong and I hope it never comes back. If it does you can fight this. Stay strong.|||I would get an independent pathologist and another oncologist (cancer doctor) opinions.

go from there, i would not be happy if someone tells me I have a %26quot;borderline serious tumor%26quot; what does that mean? is it serious or not, if it is then they ave to be aggressive treating it, 3a sounds serious not %26quot;borderline%26quot;|||it will not come back most likely, esp. since it was non-envasive|||I think that with all the advances in medicine they have today that you will be fine. Thank goodness that they could remove it all. I am not sure what they told you about having children or if you even want them, but I know someone who has had 7 healthy children with just one ovary and fallopian tube! I wish you all the best!|||Stage 3a simply means that it has spread to other organs in the vicinity (i.e. the microscopic cells in the intestines), but that the lymph nodes and more distant organs are free of disease. A %26quot;borderline serious tumor%26quot; means it is a grade 0 (aka non-invasive), which makes it more easily removed and treated, but %26quot;serious%26quot; due to the local metastasis that had already ocurred.

There are a lot of factors affecting recurrence rates. I recommend aggressive chemo and regular checkups. If you do get a recurrence, catching it early will make it easier to treat, both mentally and physically. God bless.