title: Successful pregnancy after conservative surgery for stage IC ovarian cancer with serous borderline tumor on controlateral ovary: a case report.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  In invasive ovarian cancer, fertility saving surgery is confined to early-stage and low-grade disease, and only few study reported sparing fertility up to FIGO stage IC ovarian cancer.
  
  
  METHODS
  We present a rare case of a 30-year-old woman affected by IC ovarian cancer with borderline tumor on controlateral ovary who underwent "conservative" debulking surgery followed by adjuvant chemotherapy. A spontaneous planned pregnancy occurred 5 years postsurgery. At 60-month follow-up, patients have no evidence of disease.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Nowadays, preservation of ovarian function in women with tumors in early stage should be evaluated for conservative surgery. It is important to emphasize that patients selected for conservative surgery should have complete surgical staging. Careful follow-up is mandatory to ensure safety of this procedure.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, San Filippo Neri Hospital of Rome, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Battaglia
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Plotti
authors.forename: Marzio Angelo
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Zullo
authors.forename: Pierluigi Benedetti
authors.initials: PB
authors.lastname: Panici
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Plotti
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017024:Chemotherapy, Adjuvant; D005260:Female; D005298:Fertility; D006801:Humans; D050498:Live Birth; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D011247:Pregnancy