Role Of Complete Staging Surgery And Adjuvant Chemotherapy In Adults With Apparent Stage I Pure Immature Ovarian Teratoma After Fertility-Sparing Surgery: Experience At A Tertiary Center In China

Objective: The standard treatment for young patients with stage I malignant ovarian germ cell tumors, except stage I dysgerminoma and stage IA G1 immature teratoma (IMT), is unilateral salpingo-oophorectomy with complete staging surgery (CSS) followed by platinum-based chemotherapy. However, the role of CSS and adjuvant chemotherapy remains controversial.