Women whose cancer returns are sometimes candidates for exploratory surgery for further aggressive tumor debulking .
Postoperative therapy varies and may include intravenous chemotherapy , intra-abdominal chemotherapy or whole-abdomen radiation therapy . In most cases treatment is only palliative .
Numerous combinations of chemotherapy have been used with some benefit, including various combinations and doses of cisplatin + Taxol , Cytoxan , hexamethylmelamine , 5-fluorouracil, ifosfamide and Cytoxan, Adriamycin , carboplatin and Alkeran (melphalan).
