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Chemotherapy

Source: Childhood Ovarian Cancer Treatment (PDQ®)–Health Professional Version, National Cancer Institute.

Source updated: March 3, 2025 · Captured 2026-09-09.

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Context: Childhood Sex Cord–Stromal Tumors / Childhood Juvenile Granulosa Cell Tumors / Treatment of childhood juvenile granulosa cell tumors

Patients with spontaneous tumor rupture or malignant ascites (FIGO stage IC2, IC3), advanced disease (FIGO stages II–IV), or tumors with high mitotic activity have a poorer prognosis and require chemotherapy.[2,4,13] Cisplatin-based chemotherapy regimens have been used with some success in both the adjuvant and recurrent disease settings.[4,11,20-22]

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