Medical Care

Just Diagnosed with Cancer?

Find a gynecologic oncologist to help treat you
Ask your doctor about enrolling in a clinical trial
Find support online and in your community

Gynecologic Oncologist

Many studies conducted over the past decade have shown that an ovarian cancer patient’s chance of survival is significantly improved when a gynecologic oncologist performs her surgery.

Accept your feelings

Remember it is okay to have feelings of guilt, anger, stress and worry. Try to get support in how to manage these feelings, because you might not want to burden your loved one with cancer with them.

Learn how to communicate with your loved one

Ask your loved one what she specifically needs from you. Try not to tell her how she should feel because everyone feels differently. Listen and learn.

Prepare for visits to the doctor

Keep a list of medications and questions you want to ask. Rely on trusted sources on the web, such as the government, national organizations or major hospitals, to help you understand what is happening medically. Feel free to ask the doctor to explain if you do not understand something.

Take care of yourself

Make time for yourself so that you can recharge. Try not to feel guilty that if you take time for yourself you are neglecting a loved one. If necessary, you can always read while your loved one is in the room or sleeping

Research

A vaccine for patients with recurrent ovarian cancer.
Tumor markers to evaluate the most effective chemotherapy for ovarian and uterine cancer.
Profiling ovarian and uterine tumor markers for long-term profiling
New therapy for urinary incontinence

Look for a Clinical Trial

ClinicalTrials.gov is a registry and results database of publicly and privately supported clinical studies of human participants conducted around the world. Learn more by visiting their website today.

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Ancillary Treatment Options

Radiation Therapy is:

  • energy form with effect of ablation, for abnormal growths in the body
  • how it is is delivered: by a beam, i.e. from outside the body or from seeds placed inside the body
Types of radiation
  • Electron beam
  • Proton beam

Pro/Con analysis

Cyberknife: Uses AI and Computer controlled delivery to improve precision of beam, directed as an aggregate of points of light, where computer can adjust each electron trajectory as needed to accommodate movement, like breathing. This aids treatment of moving body parts like the lung.
Proton Beam: Uses property of Protons that are absorbed more fully at target of the beam which reduces scatter of energy effect, and reduces the energy effect at the entrance to the body and the exit from the body. This reduces side effects since tissue adjacent to the target tissue receives less energy.
IMRT: Computer integrated and modulated radiation therapy allows computer modeling in 3D to aid in defining the target for treatment of elecron beam therapy.
Brachytherapy: Allows the source and the target to be in the same time-space dimension, reducing need for lateral tissue treatment to get the beam into or out of the target area. The radiation is released directly from the source placed within the tumor like Cesium Seeds placed in the prostate, or next to the tumor, like seeds placed at the top of the vagina or in space made in the breast tissue like mammocyte.

When you have exhausted all possibilities, remember this: You haven't.

Cancer changes your life, often for the better. …Don’t lose hope.

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Be thankful for this day.

It is often in the darkest skies that we see the brightest stars.

Small steps every day.

Don’t look back. You’re not going that way. When it rains, look for rainbows When it’s dark, look for stars.

"It's about focusing on the fight and not the fright." ~Robin Roberts

  • Don’t let pain define you, let it refine you. …
  • If you don’t like something, change it. …
  • Difficult roads often lead to beautiful destinations.
  • It is difficult to say what is impossible, …

"Adversity is just change that we haven't adapted ourselves to yet." ~Aimee Mullins

You beat cancer by how you live, why you live and in the manner in which you live.You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, smarter than you think, and twice as beautiful as you’d ever imagined.

"No matter what the statistics say, there is always a way." ~Bernie Siegel

Never give up. Never give in. Surround yourself with only people who are going to lift you higher.Good thoughts only.

  • When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.

    Franklin D. Roosevelt

  • Cure sometimes, treat often, comfort always.

    Hippocrates

  • It is health that is the real wealth and not the pieces of silver or gold~Mahatma Gandhi