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PI3K Pathway: A Potential Ovarian Cancer Therapeutic Target?
- By libbyshope · Posted 5:26 pm
- Discussion in Clinical trials · 0 replies
- I posted an article today, entitled "PI3K Pathway: A Potential Ovarian Cancer Therapeutic Target?" The article addresses two recent medical studies (an in vitro study & a Phase I clinical study) that ...
gave me hope
- By kurri · New reply 5:20 pm
- Discussion in Survivor stories · 2 replies
- Hi ladies This is a story I had to share. I was shopping yesterday for clothes and another customer was talking to the shop owner about quiting smoking. I told her I had quit twelve months ago after being ...
New Guidelines for Mammorgrams
- By curiouscat · New reply 4:39 pm
- Discussion in Research · 23 replies
- I was wondering what everyone thought about the "new" guidelines for mammograms? Now they're (whoever "they" are) saying that women don't need mammograms until they are 50 and that doing a self-breast ...
Asians
- By juliach · New reply 3:38 pm
- Discussion in Newly diagnosed · 1 reply
- I am Chinese. Although I have been in this country for quite sometime, our diet still is not americanized. I just wonder if there are any Asian OVCA patients out there so I can get advice on nutrition ...
WBC rapid fall after CA-125 decline
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Clear-Cell Adenocarcinoma, anyone?
- By SarahSagehen · New reply 1:27 pm
- Discussion in Help desk · 32 replies
- Does anyone else out there have Clear Cell? The (few) medical journal articles I can find describe the prognosis in terms that range from "poor" to "dismal" (yes. a medical journal. "dismal.") I'm very ...
New chemo is kicking my butt!
- By Jennali · New reply 12:46 pm
- Discussion in Side effects of treatment · 10 replies
- I only hope it is also kicking the cancer cells' butts! I went in for labs today, one week after my Gemzar last week. My blood counts are all down pretty drastically. I was mentally prepared for a Neulasta ...
LOW GRADE OVARIAN CANCER
I had my baby!
- By darlingclem · New reply 12:23 pm
- Discussion in Good news · 39 replies
- As some of you may remember, I'm an 11 year survivor of ovarian cancer and recently (well, 9 months ago) found out I was pregnant. My little remaining ovary pulled it off and after only 4 months of trying ...
Trying to understand
- By NannyLoLo · New reply 12:03 pm
- Discussion in Recurrence · 4 replies
- After an elevation in my CA-125 and unusual abdominal pains a CT was done to verify a recurrence ( a mere 4 months in remission). I am a stage IIIC diagnosed in Feb 09. My history was sub-optimal debulking ...
Beating Ovarian Cancer
- By Debofil · New reply 11:56 am
- Discussion in Survivor stories · 6 replies
- Hello Beautiful Ladies: I just read the above book written by Chris Bledy. She had a recurrence of late stage ovarian cancer, but has been in remission for years now because she took action to fight for ...
The end is finally here.
- By tyke2you · New reply 11:48 am
- Journal · 6 replies
- It's been a long 6 weeks of radiation therapy, but the end is finally here. I rested most of today and have the room all packed up and ready to go home in the morning. We've made some wonderful friends ...
Pleural Effusion
- By khollett · New reply 9:28 am
- Discussion in Recurrence · 6 replies
- I was just released from the hospital yesterday after being in there for a week with a large pleural effusion. I didn't realize how quickly the fluid builds back up and now that I home, I am on oxygen ...
Hello! Scaring Borderline Dx..
- By Rikku · New reply 9:07 am
- Journal · 9 replies
- Hi everyone! I have read some of your posts, and since I could relate to some, I decided to post one myself. I am 24 years old and learned today that I have borderline tumor, without invasion of the capsule ...
MARCE
CAT scan results
- By RhodaLois · New reply 7:48 am
- Journal · 6 replies
- Phew. Nothing is worse than waiting for the results of a CAT. Finished my chemo for second recurrence of OVCA on Oct. 15, then had to wait three weeks for CAT then week and a half to get to see the doc ...
Any Recommendations in Sarasota (as far as Tampa)
- By docsauntcc · New reply yesterday at 10:14 pm
- Discussion in Research · 4 replies
- Hello everyone - anyone. I have been a relatively silent observer here. Learning, being inspired + motivated, finding guidence + support. I am caring for my mom, who was diagnosed in June with stage IV ...
Night Sweats & PJ's
- By TealOak · New reply yesterday at 10:03 pm
- Discussion in Side effects of treatment · 7 replies
- My hot flashes have diminished to the point where I just seem to have these awful night sweats. I typically have to change pj's 3 times during the night; my sheets & comforter are soaked to the point ...
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