When the diagnosis of cancer is received, the pain you will encounter happens on a number of different levels, and interestingly enough the most hurt you might have to endure is not always physical. To help you weather this dreaded diagnosis as well as the potentially life-changing force it brings to your life, interactions, and [...]
After surgery, chemotherapy is the most commonly used method of therapy for those diagnosed with ovarian cancer. When your physician decides it is time to begin fighting ovarian cancer with chemotherapy, the odds are good that you will have a lot of questions. First and foremost, of course, is the question as to exactly what [...]
Fertility enhancing drugs do not cause ovarian cancer, yet the use has been named as a potential cause for an increased risk in a woman’s likelihood of contracting the illness. In essence, these kinds of medications serve to assist follicular development in the ovaries and have been prominently linked to the births of multiples in [...]
Fertility enhancing drugs do not cause ovarian cancer, yet the use has been named as a potential cause for an increased risk in a woman’s likelihood of contracting the illness. In essence, these kinds of medications serve to assist follicular development in the ovaries and have been prominently linked to the births of multiples in [...]
If you have a symptom that suggests that you may have ovarian cancer or your doctor has completed a screening test for ovarian cancer and it shows that you likely have cancer; your doctor will want to do some diagnostic testing to confirm that you do have ovarian cancer.
You will be asked some medical questions, [...]
Although a diagnosis that is accompanied by fear and sometimes grim faced physicians, ovarian cancer is no longer the death sentence it once was. Yet whether your wife’s cancer was caught early on and stands a good chance of treatment, or instead was discovered later on and will require highly invasive treatments in the hopes [...]
Is it possible to better your chances of avoiding this dreaded disease simply by the nutritional choices you make? According to a study cited by the U.S. Department of Health And Human Services, there is a definite link! While every consumer is well aware of the necessity to eat healthier and live healthier, this study [...]
Women who greatly define themselves in their femininity by their hair are very often scared that ovarian cancer treatments will leave them bald. Although at face value it may seem odd that a woman undergoing treatment for a life threatening disease is concerned about her appearance and especially her hair, the fact that this is [...]
The fear of ovarian cancer is well founded: the majority of affected women die. Fortunately, more and more women undergo regular physical exams and are more in tune with their bodies than ever. This has led to earlier detections of this deadly disease and the earlier ovarian cancer is caught, the greater the likelihood of [...]
The fact that your gynecologist ordered another battery of tests has probably tipped you off to the fact that all was not well. Maybe your primary care physician was concerned about some abnormalities that came to light during your regular blood work up which is part and parcel of your annual physical. Whatever the case [...]
