Prevention Trials

Prevention trials test ways to reduce the risk of ovarian cancer. They typically enroll healthy women who are at high risk for developing the disease or women who have had it and want to prevent its return or reduce the chance of developing a new type of cancer.

Examples:

Women with a known genetic risk who opt to have surgery to remove their fallopian tubes and ovaries participate. They are then monitored for many years to see if the surgery prevented the development of ovarian cancer.

Women at high risk for ovarian cancer receive a “chemoprevention therapy” – drugs that try to prevent the development of cancer. They are monitored for many years to see if the therapy prevents the development of ovarian cancer.