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Treatment
Share information on current and emerging treatment options, including quality of life issues.
why not go for avastin for first line chemo?
- By mathwhiz · New reply yesterday at 11:43 pm
- 11 replies
- everyone here seems to have carbo/taxol for first time chemo, why can't we go for drugs like avastin or the platinum based drugs directly for first time chemo? why wait for recurrence before trying out ...
What is with my appetite?
- By moorejmo · New reply yesterday at 10:12 pm
- 13 replies
- Okay- I had my first treatment a week ago today. The last 2 days I have been starving! I mean...I eat and then I want to eat again 2 seconds later. If I keep this up I am going to need some new pants ...
drinking Hydrogen perioxide, Anyone tried this?
- By deeanlan · New reply yesterday at 2:33 pm
- 16 replies
- My friend has breast cancer and went to a natural doctor and since it was stage I they believe in using natural treatments. One treatment she is using is Hydrogen peroxide (pharm.grade) drops in her water ...
doctor recommending chemo before and after surgery
- By mathwhiz · New reply July 2, 2009
- 10 replies
- mother is diagnosed with stage IIIb ovarian cancer. oncologist said size of tumor is big and there are many small nodules all over the peritoneal area. In addition the big tumor might be adhered to the ...
Etoposide
- By Adele9166 · New reply June 30, 2009
- 3 replies
- Has anyone used the oral drug Etoposide for treatment? Can you tell me your expenses like side effects what dosages, how often etc…. This is my second diagnoses ...
best doctor,best hospital in SF bay area
- By mathwhiz · New reply June 30, 2009
- 8 replies
- hi, my mother has just been diagnosed with stage III ovarian cancer. We live in san jose, CA, so i am wondering who is the best doctor to visit to do the surgery, and where is the best hospital to do ...
anyone taking immuno power supplements?
- By annecris · New reply June 30, 2009
- 5 replies
- has anyone taken the immuno power supplements mentioned in Patrick Quillin's book "Beating Cancer with Nutrition" post chemo - they are a little pricey and just wondering if there has been any first hand ...
Hysterectomy Surgery
- By pretty_cool · New reply June 29, 2009
- 5 replies
- I'm new to this website, but just got news that my mom has a tumor in her ovaries and due to her age, it's suspected to be Ovarian Cancer. A Hysterectomy surgery has to be scheduled and it would then ...
Preventing neuropathy with L-Glutamine
- By Mimzi · New reply June 26, 2009
- 2 replies
- A lot of women here have mentioned problems with neuropathy from their chemo treatments, so I wanted to pass along my naturopath's recommendation of L-Glutamine. I'd love to think some suffering could ...
Lemon Grass Tea
- By abbaschild · New reply June 26, 2009
- 2 replies
- Has anyone heard of lemon grass tea to fight cancer? Okay, I read many articles about the research done in Ben Gurion University where they found that lemon grass kills cancer cells in vitro while leaving ...
OCNA & FORCE Welcome Continued Research about PARP inhibitors
- By OCNA_Washingon_DC · Posted June 26, 2009
- 0 replies
- The Ovarian Cancer National Alliance and one of its Partner Members, Facing Our Risk of Cancer Empowered (FORCE), welcome the recent studies showing positive results for patients who have taken a new ...
what is your new "normal"
- By VER · New reply June 26, 2009
- 3 replies
- Just to recap: I was diagnosed with PPC in October of 2008. Followed 8 treatments of Carbo/Taxol and two surgeries. My last chemo treatment was the end of April 2008. I had a 6 week CT in which they found ...
PARP Inhibitors mentioned on ABC news as being very effective for OC
- By jeaniet · New reply June 26, 2009
- 12 replies
- ABC news tonight had a story on PARP inhibitors, and their effectiveness against aggressive breast AND ovarian cancers. And the woman they interviewed has OC, not BC. Yay.....finally OC! Hang in there ...
Any One have Radiation
- By ladyjogger31 · New reply June 24, 2009
- 4 replies
- Hi, well I got the results of my pet/ct scan. There are no signs of cancer, just the same tumor on my vaginal cuff. It grew 1/2 inch since March. My onc. is suggesting radiation for this because that's ...
Gemcytobine Anyone?
- By DonnaW · New reply June 23, 2009
- 14 replies
- I was wondering if anyone has any experiance with the chemo drug Gemcytobine? I have just one more cycle of Xyotax/Carboplatin for the study I am on. Results so far are excellent, with CA125 down to 5 ...
IP Chemo
- By debraherrera · New reply June 23, 2009
- 14 replies
- I am starting my IP Chemo next week, had via IV, anyone out there doing IP Chemo? Thanks Debra ...
terrible headaches and sore throats
- By Talismom · New reply June 19, 2009
- 26 replies
- Good morning to all you inspiring women. I did my first chemo-carbo/taxol and avastin last Friday so it has been one week. On Monday they also gave me a shot of nueplasta. Although I am not throwing up ...
Update on questions about surgery and Taxol/Avastin
- By smac5 · New reply June 19, 2009
- 8 replies
- I wrote a couple of weeks ago and said I would update. I had been told surgery wouldn't be necessary for my Ovca after chemo. the issue is that there never was any kind of mass or tumor, and only after ...
Question about Therapy
- By Amethystmd2559 · New reply June 17, 2009
- 4 replies
- I was diagnosed with low grade serous carcinoma in April of this year. They tried surgery to remove the tumor, or at least as much as they could, but found they could not remove anything So they started ...
Essiac tea and experiences
- By momanderson920 · New reply June 15, 2009
- 32 replies
- I would be interested to hear from others who have used it and stayed in remission or not. Also how they prepared it, side effects bad and good, and problems, etc. I have finally started using it and ...
