Dear Carol & Mom ,
It is always hard to get news like you or a loved one has cancer . You
came to a good place to start the process of surviving . I wish there were
easy answers to your question but treatment options are things you'll have to
discuss with your doctor . The individual patient history and variables make
an excellent treatment choice for one person a wrong choice for another person
,
thus the " art " of medicine .
You didn't mention specifics about your Mom's case so I'll pass along some
information related to conventional treatments and the process of dx , staging
, etc....
If you go to
http://www.cancernet.nci.nih.gov/clinpdq/soa.html
you can follow the links to epthelial , germ cell ,or low malignant potential
ovarian cancer PDQs
http://www.slip.net/~mcdavis/ovarian.html
this site is called the ovarian cancer treatment notebook
http://www.cma.ca/cpgs/med_onc.htm
has good info on ovarian cancer
These might be a good place to start learning of the things that your
doctor will be talking about as well as the the supportive care issues that
will be important at home . There is also a woman from texas who offers a
national support group for people that are fighting ovarian cancer . (
conversations)
I hope this will be some help for the both of you . You also will get a big
response from others on mol with a wide range of perspectives and approaches .
They are an excellent resource and are a great support .
hang tough
Joseph Cane
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