The patient has had mixed germ cell ovarian tissue tumour of malignant nature, stage 3.
The patient was treated with JEB(carboplatin/etoposyde/bluomycin) chemotherapy 6 cycles from August 2001 to December 2001 and has had no signs of any ailment/recurrence all these 16 years.
The patient got the lower abdomen ultrasound done and we're indicative of ovaries, uterus and reproductive system otherwise fine / in shape. The patient has been getting regular menstrual cycles and no other complaints all these 16 years.
The patient, is however a bit worried if:
1. Stage 3 malignant cancer is contagious, ie. Pass on to future generations, even though the patient has been fine all these 16 years since 2001, even if the patient has had no cancer cases in heredity.
2. If the JEB chemotherapy shall otherwise have no impact on the fertility given the patient was diagnosed and treated fully, before attaining puberty.
3. If there are any odds of recurrence, given it was a malignant stage-3 tumour.
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It is not contagious. May induce infertility in few patients but not all, irrespective of age of puberty. Recurrence is scientifically still possible, but given the nature of this disease and time elapsed, would say very rare.
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