Product Description

This unique guide for ovarian cancer gives women crucial medical information to improve the chance for lengthy remission and cure, as well as emotional support for the journey. Although many ovarian cancers are discovered after they have spread, having information about surgery and best practices can be life-saving. For example, choosing a surgeon from the new specialty of gynecologic oncology for staging and de-bulking surgeries strongly impacts survival. Women need to at least consider newer chemotherapy and biological treatments in research trials. Women also want to hear the stories of others who live with the ambiguity of remission. Ovarian Cancer includes:

• Ten things to know at the time of diagnosis, for optimal outcome
• How choosing a gynecologic oncology surgeon impacts survival
• When and how you can consider newer treatments, now in clinical trials
• Stories of dozens of women living with ovarian cancer, some for many years
• "Questions for Your Doctor" for all decision points
• A focus on epithelial cancers, the most common and difficult to treat, with additional information on germ cell, sex cord-stromal cell, and low malignant potential ovarian cancers

Noted cancer writer Kristine Conner and patient advocate Lauren Langford provide ovarian cancer patients with a supportive and much-needed resource.

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #546912 in Books
• Published on: 2003-05-08
• Format: Illustrated
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 600 pages

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Customer Reviews

Excellent Resource
Ovarian Cancer: Patient-Centered Guides is a comprehensive resource for patients with ovarian cancer and their families. It explains ovarian cancer and the various treatment options, side effects, etc in complete no nonsense terms that are easy to understand. We give a copy of the book to all of our newly diagnosed ovarian cancer patients.

Ovarian Cancer: Your Guide to Taking Control
Almost everything I have learned about ovarian cancer has been included in this book. It covers the vocabulary and the multiple treatment options. It does not answer the question of "what to do now that I have this" but does not purport to do so. It is the most comprehensive single source of ovarian cancer information that I have seen. It rated 4 stars but there may be no 5 star single source of ovarian cancer information. Why is it so difficult for the hospital oncology bookstores to stock this? My hospital bookstore recommended this but they are having trouble obtaining it. Do the authors realize this?

Excellent reference!
I discovered this book two years after having a "serous ovarian neoplasm of low-level malignant potential" removed. This book explained things so much better than my doctors did, and explained why some of the things that I went through without understanding were done. I wish so much that I had had this book when I was diagnosed; it would have been very comforting to have the info that the book gives.

On the other hand, I discovered by reading the book that I had excellent doctors: it looks like I got state-of-the-art care, without even realizing it. That's good to know.

I recommend this highly for anyone who has or may have ovarian cancer.