My mother-in-law and very dear friend was just diagnosed yesterday with ovarian cancer which has spread to her lung with an additional mass on her pelvis and she is regularly coughing up blood. She has not been told the stage yet but we're assuming stage IV. She is currently on her way from Mayo in Scottsdale to M.D. Anderson in Houston for a second opinion. The physician she saw in Scottsdale told her to come home to Alaska and wait until after the holidays to begin chemo (once a month for six months). He said the chemo works the same whether the mass is 2cm or 6cm. This sounds crazy to me! Shouldn't she begin treatment immediately? Is he, in an indirect manner, suggesting chemo will not help? Any info. would be greatly appreciated. We're absolutely devastated and going crazy.