Resources about ovarian cancer treatment
The follow resources provide detailed information about treatment for recurrent ovarian cancer.
Print Issue: August 01, 2010
Is a clinical trial right for me?
There are many ways to prepare–and factors to consider–before deciding to enroll in a clinical trial.
10 questions to ask at your next exam
To improve communication between you and your health care provider, use this list of questions as a starting point for conversation.
What you should know about chemotherapy drugs
The following resource provides patients with helpful information on key factors to consider when selecting a treatment for cancer.
Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month 2010
September is national Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month in the US. Events will be held nationwide to spread awareness and hope.
Integrative oncology—August-September 2010
The author previews the upcoming annual conference of the Society for Integrative Oncology.
Providing care by telephone: Using communication tools to expand patients’ access to care
Centralized telephone medical management, with automated symptom monitoring and a long distance reach, improved cancer patients’ pain and depression.
Mind over body: The effects of depression on physical disease and how it can predict outcome
Depression accompanies the disease in some people with cancer; in some depression may even predict outcome.
Doxorubicin
Doxorubicin is an anthracycline antibiotic that is used to treat lymphoblastic and acute myeloblastic leukemias, several types of cancer, Kaposi sarcoma related to AIDS, malignant lymphoma, soft tissue and osteogenic sarcomas, and Wilms tumor.
The gift of Sam
The author describes taking care of Sam, a young patient with osteogenic sarcoma, as well as the valuable lesson she learned from Sam’s mother.
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