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“Ovarian”

Supposedly this is good therapy … ovarian cancer blog

Anne is young woman diagnosed with ovariancancer who blogs supposedly this is good therapy … because she isfollowing the advice of her "very hot doctor" physician, who thinks Anne’s stress levels are out of controldue to her habit of suppressing emotions. Basically, her physician told her it was not good for healing, to keepthoughts and feelings locked up [...]

Ovarian cancer survival better for women of healthy weight

Recent research indicates that obesity makes ovarian cancer deadlier and more likely to recur. According to physician and senior author of the study, Dr. Andrew J. Li of the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, maintaining ideal body weight is important for many reasons. This is just one more reason to reduce obesity — because obese women suffering from advanced [...]

Ovarian Cancer patient gets results from therapy

Gail Hilvers ofRipon, California, has advanced ovarian cancer. A couple of months ago her surgeon suggested she try a differentapproach to her standard chemotherapy treatments. He urged her to have intraperitoneal therapy, or IP. As writtenin a previous post, IPinvolves concentrated chemo drugs pumped directly into the abdominal cavity, as opposed to an IV drip. The processtakes longer and demands [...]