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Etoposide
Has anyone had any experience with this drug and ovarian cancer. My wife is recurrent and after surgery and 24 continous months of many chemo's she has not gone into remission and her tumors keep growing. They started her on this Etoposide this week and her CA 125 is still on the rise as is the tumor growth. Any suggestions
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CAN I HAVE A HUG?
After 5 cancer-free years there is now a possibility I will face it again. A lymphocele which has been present for about a year and HAS NOT changed in size is now recommended by my oncologist to be removed and tested. His concern is that my CA125 has steadily been rising and is now at 26.5. The lymphocele is located on the…
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Depression and cancer
My mother in law has recurrent ovarian cancer. She has just completed another round of carbo/taxol, but on her CT scan "significant disease burden still exists" She says that she is having pain in her joints and muscles for which she is getting Physical Therapy. She has no appetite, is having trouble sleeping and cannot…
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the hardest decision
Back in April my mom, age only 47, was diagnosed with stage 3c ovarian cancer. It was a common story, where her doctor treated her for irritable bowel for months, despite ultrasounds, even told her a growth on her ovary was only a cyst months before without bothering to do a CA-125. She's been through a lot, complete…
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Advice needed on recurrence please
I am a 2 year survivor of OC. 2 years ago I had Carboplatin to shrink the tumour before surgery. Last year I had surgery and chemo Carboplatin/Taxol after which my CA125 was down to 10. After six months remission CA125 began to rise, ct scan and other tests shows a tumour next to my bowel. Surgery is too dangerous as the…
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no appetite, need inspiration
My mom was diagnosed with Stage III OvCa in June. She had already lost a lot of weight and has continued to lose weight under chemo, so she's quite underweight. She's supposed to have debulking surgery in October, but she's too weak now to do it. We're at a loss how to inspire her to eat. She's fatigued, has no appetite,…
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Assay-Directed Clinical Trial
A prospective, randomized clinical trial of physician's choice chemotherapy versus ATP assay-directed chemotherapy in non-surgically debulked, platinum-resistant ovarian cancer was presented by Ian Cree, M.D., Ph.D., Director, Translational Oncology Research Centre, Portsmouth, England at the May, 2005 ASCO meeting in…
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Not a diagnosis yet,,,,wondering
how many of you were first diagnosed? I am a breast cancer survivor of 10 years. I am 44. I decided to be pro-active and asked my OB/GYN for a pelvic scan of ovaries just as precautiounary. Lo and behold my ovary is enlarged...no mass was seen. MY OB wants to do a laproscope and probably remove this ovary. I'm scared and…
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fibromyalgia?
I am 21 months post chemo (Taxol and Carboplatin) for stage 1c clear cell carcinoma of the ovary. All is well so far with my check ups. No sign of recurrence. Initially after treatments ended I started feeling better but seemed to be developing arthritus in a few joints. I went to physical therapy and it helped a lot.…
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Sept Ovarian cancer Awareness...what you can do to help
Hi everyone, just wanted to jump on my soapbox and ask everyone to at least write your local newspaper this month to heighten awareness. I have had about 8 papers so far this year publish the letter to Editor's with the signs and symptoms. We can make a difference, we can be help heighten awareness, we can let women know…
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LMP Tumors
I was diagnose 1/04 with Stage IC LMP. Looking to find anyone who was diagnose with the same stage and type tumor. My only treatment was surgery, since it was caught so early. I'm really gratefull for that, but would like to meet someone who had the same. Most women I have met have all been Stage III or IV. I have a really…
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Taxotere
Hello Everyone, I would like to find out if anyone out there has been on Taxotere treatment. My mom has been fighting this disease for 5 years now with variations of chemothereapy. This is her brief history: Hysterectomy Aug 2000, carboplatin/taxol then remission for 6-8 months. Then on Doxil, topotecan and up to just…
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find doctor in new york state area?
My mother has a mass on one ovary, and the radiologists/gynecologists can't determine from the ultrasounds or MRIs what it is; whether cancer or a fibroid or a nonmalignant tumor or something else entirely. Their solution is a full hysterectomy. The doctor they offered her for a second opinion is in her gynecologist's…
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Bad news
My mother in law has recurrent OC. She just finished 6 rounds of Carbo/Taxol. One tumor shrunk to "not visable" and the other went down 70%. Now they want to do a monthly dose of Taxol. She still has "considerable disease burden" on her CT. The chemo really wiped her out and she is now having back/joint pain that has her…
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Mom just diagnosed
New to this! My mom was just diagnosed with ovarian cancer. She is 78 and is having surgery on Wed. Her CA-125 is 262. She has had 2 CT scans, bone scan, 2 ultasounds and an internal ultrasound. We have been told that according to the CT's her brain, bones, liver, pancreas, lungs, etc are clear. All reports have said no…
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Update
Thank you so much for your replys, you all always make me feel better than my doctor does, lol. I am always so thankful for you. I wil go back to the doctor in Dec. so unless something really changes I am not going to worry, because I am sure stress looking back probably played a part in the numbers, I had just moved my…