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Possible Ovarian Cancer..........
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Hello to everyone...... I find myself on yet another medical message board, I had a craniotomy in november of 2005, it was a cavernous hemangioma. Now that I a...
007/21/06 Message Rating
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Doxil - Elevated ca 125
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I am scheduled to have my third doxil treatment on August 1st. After the first two my ca 125 only went down 33 points...is this normal...does it act slowly? I...
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is it . . . Dr.s Ruling Out Ev...
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Ok, I have been making the rounds of doctors for a month now. I have pain in the lower right ab quadrant and not one doctor has pin-pointed it. About 6 years ...
007/19/06 Message Rating
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Symptoms
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Hi, I am hoping that someone could tell me if I should be worried that I may have ovarian cancer. Cancer runs on both sides of my family. For a very long time...
107/07/06 Message Rating
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What to do
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I went to my ob-gyn for one thing and ended up with something going on. he did a ultrsound of my ovary one could not bee seen the other has a cyst the size of a...
107/03/06 Message Rating
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oc & Primary Peritoneal Cancer
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I have Primary Peritoneal Cancer. DX 1/03 with (6) rounds of carbo/taxol after de-bulking. CA-125 down to 11 after tx....all ok since....I cannot find info on P...
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Clinical Trials
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I have ovarian cancer. I have been assigned to a clinical trial group using the perifosine drug. At first I took 24 pills one day a week, 6 pills at each meal ...
006/30/06 Message Rating
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Symptoms of Last Stage of Ovar...
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Dear all, My mother was diagnosed with an III D Ovarian Cancer last year on May. She went through the surgery and removed her most of the cancer cells. Then sh...
006/28/06 Message Rating
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Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy
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My mom will start her first-line treatment for ovarian cancer on June 26th. They are going to do IV Taxol with a pump over a 24 hour period. Then on June 27th,...
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Mom Having Surgery Soon For Su...
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My mom went to her regular doctor complaining of pains in her side. They did CT scans and ultrasounds and referred her to a gyn/onc for a consult. After looking...
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Cell Culture Test Predicts For...
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Cell Culture Drug Resistance Testing predicts for patient survival in ovarian cancer. <p> There have now been 5 different studies of the relationship b...
105/20/06 Message Rating
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Granulosa Cell Tumor
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Hi I wrote almost 1 year ago.. I had been diagnosed with gct stage 1... So far no reoccurance, but recently I have been experiencing high estrogen levels (...
605/14/06 Message Rating
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Laporoscopy - Ovarian Cancer
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I have gone through about 6-9 months of doctor's appointments, bloodwork, tests, scans, etc. to address, what I have come to find out, the signs of ovarian canc...
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Ovarian Cancer Questions - Ple...
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Hi, I am hoping someone will be able to help answer my question. I had 2 ultrasounds last week (one was internal which I was called back for after I had the sta...
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Granulosa Cell Tumor
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I was diagnosed with granulosa cell tumor in January. My ovary and tube were removed and the tumor was found to be low level cancer. I have heard many women s...
204/20/06 Message Rating
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Hello All!!!!
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Just stopping by to say hello and wish you all well here. I know ovarian cancer is a rough road but you can come through it and be well. I want to encourage you...
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Uncontrolable Nausea
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My wife and I are on our 8th chemo drug since being diagnosed in 08/04. The latest drug - Adriamycin is making her vomit on average 3 times a day. Lot of odors ...
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Signs of Ovarian Cancer
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I have been very bloated lately with mild abdominal pains. Have been taking Nexium every day for the past month. Do you think Nexium could cause this - I have n...
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Signs of Ovarian Cancer
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I have been very bloated with abdominal pain lately and worried it might be ovarian cancer. have a dr appointment soon, but, do you think that Nexium could als...
004/10/06 Message Rating
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Healthy Stuff!
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I haven't gone on this message board in a while, but thought I'd offer some positive healthy things that have worked very well for my mother (67) who was diagno...
003/25/06 Message Rating
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New to This Support Board
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Hi,I have read some of the posts. Well i was dx in Feb 1999 with stage 3 ovarian cancer, i am on my 7 reoccurrence, i dont think theres a chemo that i havent be...
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Herceptin For Ovarian Cancer
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Has anyone ever been given Herceptin for ovarian cancer? I was orignally diagosed with fallopian tube cancer in 2001. My last CT scan showed some spots on my ...
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Inhibin Levels
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Hi I was wondering if anyone could tell me about inhibin level readings? For 6 months they have been over 300 (following repeated surgery)and now have dropped t...
003/13/06 Message Rating
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Early Symptoms
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Hi, I am wondering if anyone would mind telling me what their early symptoms were prior to diagnosis. I'm having some bloating, indigestion, gas, nausea etc a...
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Carboplatin & Gemzar
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anyone currently on this regiment? How has it worked? What side effects have you had? I am starting this on Tuesday 2/7 for reoccurance of ov with metastesis...
003/01/06 Message Rating
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