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During the first two years after treatment, you should have follow-up visits every two to four months to ensure that changes in your health are monitored and problems are treated early. Your follow-up visits will include physical exams, pelvic exams, and may include a CA-125 blood test, chest X-ray, and CT scan if needed. After two years, follow-up visits should continue every six months. If the cancer does not return within three to five years, visits can be scheduled less often.

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If you are able to have children, your doctor will discuss fertility options with you. Since the first line of treatment for ovarian cancer is a hysterectomy with bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy, in which the uterus, fallopian tubes, and ovaries are removed, most women will not be able to have children after having ovarian cancer. .

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