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Recurrence
Discuss issues related to recurrence.
It's back continued
- By zircons · New reply yesterday at 10:43 pm
- 7 replies
- Well, I got confirmation yesterday that I do have recurrence. There are two 1 cm nodules on my left pelvic area. My doctor has suggested that I be in a Phase 1B clinical study. It would consist of carboplatin ...
Stable Disease/Remission
- By PLE · New reply July 2, 2009
- 19 replies
- I just had my 4th chemo/Avastin today for my first recurrence. Initial surgery was July 2007 and remission for 16 months. My CA was 1330 in March and is now down to 52. My CT scan yesterday showed no ...
How big a rise in CA125 at beginning of recurrence
- By katelynsmamaw · New reply July 1, 2009
- 22 replies
- Here I just celebrated my 1 yr remission and now my CA125 is slowly rising. Hope I didn't celebrate it too quickly. For those of you who have had a recurrence, how big of a jump in your numbers did you ...
CT vs MRI vs PET and how often
- By momanderson920 · New reply June 30, 2009
- 6 replies
- My oncologist usually goes for the CT with contrast but at my bequest did PETs before and after chemo. It gave me great peace of mind since everything I read indicates it is the best measure of active ...
nodules,cysts, tumors whatever.....
- By paintergal · New reply June 28, 2009
- 4 replies
- Does anyone know the difference between a nodule,a cyst and a tumor, because apparently I have all three. I have nodules on my adrenal glands and cysts on my kidney and a lymphocele on my right side where ...
CA 125 levels?
- By Smithnojoke · New reply June 27, 2009
- 8 replies
- I am almost nine years post chemo. I had a fluid filled tumor which was removed along with all my reproductive organs. They weren't sure if the cancer started in the tubes or the ovaries. I don't know ...
NOT SURE WHERE IM AT WITH MY CANCER
- By paintergal · New reply June 27, 2009
- 13 replies
- i WAS HAPPY TO STOP CHEMO IN FEBRUARY 2008 BUT NOW MY CA125 IS GOING UP...NOT DRAMATICALLY,BUT ENOUGH FOR MY ONC.TO SAY SHE'LL GIVE IT ANOTHER MONTH TO SEE IF IT GOES UP AGAIN AND THEN WE'LL DECIDE ABOUT ...
Good CT scan results
- By Jennali · New reply June 26, 2009
- 7 replies
- I had a CT scan on Monday, after my 4th Topotecan treatment. I spoke with my doc's LNOP today, and the results were good, although a bit mixed. My para-aortic lymph nodes are smaller. What I neglected ...
Carbo/Gemzar Anyone ???
- By rac1942 · New reply June 25, 2009
- 22 replies
- I will begin taking Carbo/Gemzar for my 1st recurrence in a week or so and was wondering if anyone can give me info on these drugs and what side effects I should expect. I don't know whether to go get ...
Has anyone had mulitiple Abdominal Surgeries?
- By shoppingkharma · New reply June 24, 2009
- 12 replies
- I am still mending from my 5th major abdominal surgery nearly 3 months ago. Has anyone had multiple surgeries like this? They took out a 1/3 of my intestines and some tumors. Right now it seems that my ...
It's back
- By zircons · New reply June 22, 2009
- 12 replies
- Went to the doctor on Mon and had a CA125. It has been slowly creeping up (not a lot). It is now 41. Am going for a CT next week and a meeting with the doctor the week after to see if there is anything ...
4th recurrence, how many more can my body take?
- By lissa-G · New reply June 16, 2009
- 15 replies
- I am 46 (for two more days) and I was diagnosed November 2006. In the past 2 and a half years I have spent all but 10 months on some sort of chemo. 4 recurrences. I've never met anyone in my situation ...
Declining CA 125!!!!!
- By Jennali · New reply June 12, 2009
- 17 replies
- Day one, round three of topotecan today. My CA125 has dropped almost 800 points from 3 weeks ago! This is the first drop in almost a year. Who would have thought that a CA125 of 2740 would sound good ...
Stage3 ovarian cancer
- By eugeniak · New reply June 12, 2009
- 22 replies
- Hello I am new to this website and would very much appreciate any information I can get. My mother was diagnosed with stage3 ovarian cancer in July 2007. She had a hysterectomy and both ovaries removed ...
"hypermetabolism with an SUV of 32.4"
- By ccdatty2 · New reply June 11, 2009
- 6 replies
- Just had a PET Scan this am in followup to my CA125 tripling this past 3-4 months. Does anyone know what the above means. It is evidently a nodule between my vagina, bladder and sigmoid colon in my lower ...
Gemzar/Carboplatin/Avastin Trial - Phase III
- By acosta1027 · New reply June 9, 2009
- 18 replies
- My doctor has recommended I do a trial using gemzar/carboplatin/avastin. He sounds very optimistic about avastin. I won't know if I'm getting the Avastin or the placebo. I have to do a CT scan and blood ...
This just out from the NCI Cancer Bulletin
- By MinnieM · New reply June 9, 2009
- 26 replies
- Early Chemo to Prevent Ovarian Cancer Recurrence Fails to Increase Survival http://www.cancer.gov/ncicancerbulletin/ 060209/page2 Found this interesting because I would have assumed that initiating treatment ...
Pain from IP port?
- By PureGold · New reply June 8, 2009
- 4 replies
- Just wondering if any of you experienced any pain on the left side before a diagnosis of a recurrance of the ovarian or primary peritoneal cancer? I have been in pain since April 1st on my left side under ...
Borderline and Chemo
- By Sandiestar · New reply June 8, 2009
- 8 replies
- Just curious as to how many women diagnosed with Borderline ovc have undergone chemo vs just surgery ...
Anyone had a recurrence without CA125 going up? whelps?
- By cjpipkins · New reply June 8, 2009
- 3 replies
- Has anyone had a recurrence without their CA125 going up? I had OVCA IIIC in 2001 recurrance in 2008 and finsihed chemo in December and now have a terrible pain in my left side and back. I have also started ...
