My dear friend was diagnoised in december 05 with stage 2 of ovarian cancer. She has since then undergone a hysterectomy, and has begun the new peritoneal chemotherapy. All of the information we have read seems grim, and we have only heard of 1 person living past the 5th year mark. That brave women lost the second battle. It seems that all cases women are cancer free for 5 years, then are rediagnosed and donot survive the 2nd battle. We are looking to talk with others that have beaten this. My dear friend is precious just as we all are, and I want to grow old with her.|||I know a girl that was diagnosed in 1989, and treated, and has not had a relapse. Not only that but she had the highest score you can get on it and had let it go for a long time before even seeing a doctor. She works at a local bank now and is doing great.|||I am so sorry to hear about your friend, but we must always remember that all things are possible through Christ and by his stripes we are healed. Just because the doctors say no God still says yes and through him she is already healed. Have faith and keep trusting and believeing that all things are possible and everything will work out for her good. I wish you all nothing but the best and will have you and your friend in my prayers.|||My grandmother has.|||Yes.

A woman I work with had ovarian cancer many years ago–at least 10–and she%26#039;s doing fine.

I wouldn%26#039;t have even known this, except it came up in conversation recently. I was surprised and interested, because I was aware of the grim statistics.

She had a total hysterectomy and aggressive chemotherapy. I don%26#039;t know if she had intraperitoneal chemo, but I doubt it.

I%26#039;ll ask for more details when I see her Monday. But the answer to your question is a definite yes.

I am having some symptoms, and worried it might be ovarian cancer. Anyone with knowledge, please help. Symptoms include, bloated feeling in lower stomach, pain on left and right lower sides, constipation at times, diarhea at times, pain when i have bowel movements, increased tiredness. I have no insurance, thats why I haven%26#039;t been to the doctor yet. Any help greatly appreciated. Also my age is 31 and I have 2 children, and my mother had breast and bone cancer at age of 40.|||http://www.webmd.com/content/article/130…

I don%26#039;t really like leaving links as answers, but if you are deeply concerned, the words of an expert would be best.

This site has all the information you need.

Please read through it.

I hope you will be alright.|||my prays are with hope u will be fine just consult with doctor he can better suggest|||Honestly, get the insurance and go see the doctor. Ovarian%26#039;s tricky, from what I%26#039;ve heard, like it can sneak up on ya. So seriously, just go see the doctor, talk to them about the health insurance factor, see if there%26#039;s a way to get you tested. Good luck!|||Hi,

Do Not worry you are a young lady of 31 years. The Ovarian cancer is usually occurs in women older than 50 years even than following are the symptoms of overian cancer.

The symptoms of ovarian cancer are often not manifested early in the disease. They may also be so vague in the earlier stages, that they can easily be ignored. Some of the common symptoms are:

Stomach ache and abdominal discomfort accompanied by a feeling of bloatedness or fullness of the stomach.

Abnormal vaginal bleeding (with link to write up).

Sudden weight gain or weight loss without any apparent reason.

Loss of appetite.

Nausea, vomiting, constipation and frequent urination in some cases.

Enjoy Life

Feel Free to Contact

Dr.Mojo|||Ovarian cancer is cancer of the ovaries, the eggreleasing and hormone-producing organs of the female reproductive tract. Cancerous, or malignant, cells divide and multiply in an abnormal fashion.

Causes and Symptoms

Causes

The actual cause of ovarian cancer remains unknown, but several factors are known to increase one%26#039;s chances of developing the disease. These are called risk factors. Women at a higher risk than average of developing ovarian cancer include women who:

- have never been pregnant or had children

- are Caucasian, especially of Northern European or Askenazi Jewish descent

- are over 50. Half of all diagnosed cases are in women over 65.

- have a family history of breast, ovarian, endometrial (uterine), prostate or colon cancer

- have had breast cancer

- have a first-degree relative (mother, daughter, sister) who has had ovarian cancer. (The risk is greater if two or more first-degree relatives had the disease. Having a grandmother, aunt or cousin with ovarian cancer also puts a woman at higher-than-average risk.)

- have the genetic mutation BRCA1 or BRCA2. (Not all women with these genetic breast cancer mutations will develop ovarian cancer. By age 70, a woman who has the BRCA1 mutation carries about a 40–60% risk of developing ovarian cancer. Women with the genetic mutation BRCA2 have a 15% increased risk of developing ovarian cancer. However, heredity only plays a role in about 5–10% of cases of ovarian cancer.) Women who have a strong familial history may benefit from genetic counseling to better understand their risk factors.

In addition to the above risk factors, the following factors appear to play a role in affecting a women%26#039;s chances of developing ovarian cancer.

Please do not neglect. Consult an oncologist and ensure you do not hae any problem. If anything is found you should have treatments immediately as CANCER IS STILL AN ENIGMA-|||there maybe a great possibility that u have ovarian tumors, especially that ur family history is very suggestive to that, but there is also a chance that ur clear and u have nothing, don%26#039;t worry till u see a doctor,and i wish u the best…..

My mother has been suffering from ovarian cancer for about 25 yrs. now. She has had about 50 surgery%26#039;s for different things, she%26#039;s had chemo, but the cancer type she has is slow growing and chemo does no good. If she has more surgery, she could die on the table. Her CA-125 leval is above 1400. I want to know exactly how bad this is, especially lately she has been getting a lot worse. I want to know the differnt stages and meanings and does anyone know how high the CA-125 can go b4 I loose her? I am afraid it will be within the next year or so and I wanna be prepared.|||The ranges for CA-125 vary depending on the lab. Most consider anything 35 U/ml or below to be normal. The reason the CA-125 level is of particular importance in your mothers case is b/c it is a determinant of the progress of treatment. I really do not like saying this but with a CA-125 level above 1400 U/ml it does not look good at this point. But, that may change depending upon her responsiveness to more or other treatments. As you already know ovarian cancer is a toughy. There are four stages of ovarian cancer along with sub-stages. I really am hesitant to even attempt to say anything about her prognosis since I do not have access to her records,etc. I will say this, she sounds like a true fighter to have suffered with this disease for 25 years. I wish you both the very best.

Lisa|||Most women do not live beyond the five year survival rate after diagnosis, so your mom has been a survivor of Ovarian Cancer and is lucky to have had it diagnosed 25 years ago. I think you mean your mom cannot take anymore surgery or she may die on the table. Chemo is very destructive to our bodies and over a long period of time it will no longer be available to the treatment because it will only cause more harm than good.

1400 is a very high level of CA-125 the range should be lowering by any level to see progress of disease lessoning. The normal level is like 70 and that is ranging toward the higher end of normal. At any rate, you are looking for something that even her doctors cannot give her and that is a life expectancy. Your mom has been fighting for her life for the past 25 years and only God knows when her time is to go Home. The staging and their meanings are not really going to help. If the disease has metestasized then it is most like untreatable. Your mom may not have given you all the information she has received from her doctors. She is only trying to protect her family. Respect her wishes and spend as much time as you can with her and say everything that you would like her to hear. There is no telling when she will go, but a battle with cancer for 25 years is most exhausting. So, prepare yourself and love your mom and spend the time with her now and ask her all the things you want to know. Like stories from her childhood, young adulthood, marraige and whatever else you may like her to share with you.

God Bless!|||It%26#039;s level is not harbinger of survival ! , but unfortunately a raised CA-125 in combination with chemoresistancy is a poor prognostic sign . No body can say when you will loose her! , but if it%26#039;s possible , surgery and radiotherapy (combined) is indicated in your mom%26#039;s new situation .

Researching the use of beta-glucans / polysaccharides which have been shown to be effective against allogenic tumors. Not sure what type of tumors are caused by Ovarian Cancer cells.|||I believe you have some of your terms confused. %26quot;Allogeneic%26quot; refers to receiving a body part (marrow, heart, liver, etc.) from someone else as in the form of a transplant. %26quot;Syngeneic%26quot; refers to receiving a transplanted organ from an identical sibling. %26quot;Synergistic%26quot; refers to multiple items having a greater than additive effect (i.e. 1+1 = 3) on something.

A lot of research into cancer vaccines have been fueled by the identification of unique proteins/polysaccharides on the surface of cancer cells. However, it must be remembered, that the cancers that develop in someone, ovarian or otherwise, contain the same DNA that all of your other cells contain. Therefore, all of the cells in your body are capable of producing these %26quot;unique%26quot; substances. However, cancers proliferate by altering the expression of certain DNA sequences that the other cells do not.

Ovarian cancer cells, and all cancer cells, produce tumors that cannot be described as %26quot;allogeneic%26quot; since they were not transplanted into the patient. Laboratory research does involve the implantation of cancer cells into animals, for example. These tumors would be described as %26quot;xenogeneic%26quot; since they were derived from a different species.|||I agree with the above answer. It was an excellent question.

I was watching the news and this man died from ovarian cancer but how is that possible if men don%26#039;t have ovaries? I heard it was very rare for a man to die of ovarian cancer but when ovarian cancer occurs in men, why does it????|||A family history of breast and ovarian cancer can result in a gene mutation. It%26#039;s called BRCA 1 and BRCA 2 gene mutation. Men with this particular familial history are at a higher risk for developing various types of cancer, including breast and ovarian (even without the ovaries). It%26#039;s a TYPE of cancer.|||I think the person they featured on the news was Robert Eads - a Female to Male transsexual who died a male from ovarian cancer. When she underwent the surgery to become a he, they did not remove the internal female organs. It%26#039;s all in the documentary %26quot;Southern Comfort.%26quot; Report It
|||Ovarian cancer can only happen in ovarian cells. Men CANNOT get ovarian cancer. I%26#039;m not sure being a %26quot;nurse%26quot; is being a reliable source. Report It
|||weird, i will watch this one|||LOLOLOLOL

A man cannot die from ovarian cancer.

Men do not have ovaries. You misheard the news story. That would be like a woman dying from prostate cancer. Women don%26#039;t have prostates.

Men CAN get breast cancer, though.|||never heard of it. how can a guy have ovarian cancer without ovary. that%26#039;s like a girl having testicular cancer…

this doesn%26#039;t make sense.|||Men cannot die from ovarian cancer. Men do not have ovaries, therefore they cannot get ovarian cancer.|||hermaphrodite.

INTERESTING!!!! learn something new everyday!!! thanks, alex. makes for a good (albeit a bit strange) topic of conversation. certainly would get everyones attention at a dinner party (and cause a bit of nausea at the same time, still that could be amusing) LOL|||Unless the guy is one of those people who have XXY chromosomes and maybe has the latent remains of ovaries somewhere, i don%26#039;t see how a guy can get ovarian cancer.

But a guy can get breast cancer.|||Maybe he was a %26quot;hermaphrodite?%26quot;|||haha. men dont have ovaries! only women do. are you sure you heard right?|||Ovaries are the equivalent of Testicles . Otherwise you are talking Hermaphrodite|||it is possible for a man to die of ovarian cancer. they may be born with a genetic defect that allows them to have ovaries in an unusual place, such as the chest.|||Men can carry the gene that causes breast and ovarian cancer

http://www.nci.nih.gov/cancertopics/Gene…

http://www.nature.com/ejhg/journal/v9/n7…|||It is impossible. While men can carry genes which make people suspectible to ovarian cancer, they have no ovarian cells. Therefore, they cannot get ovarian cancer. Whoever said they can is pulling your leg.

By the way, people do not inherit genes that cause cancer. They carry genes that make them suspectible to cancer. Therefore, carriers have higher risk but no gurantee they will ever have develop cancer.|||Robert Eads (the man who died from ovarian cancer) was the subject of a documentary called %26quot;Southern Comfort.%26quot; He was a female-to-male transsexual. When %26#039;she%26#039; underwent the surgery to become a %26#039;he%26#039; the doctors didn%26#039;t remove all of the female organs and ironically that%26#039;s what killed him. It%26#039;s a good but very sad movie.

Was just told today that mom got approved for the Novartis companie%26#039;s %26quot;Patupilone%26quot; ovarian cancer chemo drug.

Here is a link to their site about it: http://www.novartisoncology.com/page/pat…

Not too much info there or even in the document they gave her, but supposedly it works better than Taxol and prevents cells from diving or something like that.

The document says it %26quot;belongs to a new class of agents that works by preventing the growth of cancer cells. Patupilone kills cancer cells by attacking cell structures called microtubules. Microtubules have many functions in cells, including forming the internal skeleton of cells%26quot;.

Anyways just wondering if this is the right course to go. She is in the Phase 2 trial so it is open label and she will get it. She was on carbo-p for the last 4 chemos and she went down to about 125 but now they say she is platinum resistant.

Thanks!|||Please stop all the stupid suggestions your doctors tell you. Doctors dont want you to know of the alternative medicines that can actually cure cancer. If a doctor tells you the alternative medicines, they will be out of a job. How much does it cost for chemo therapy each time you take in those chemicals? This medicine is better and only $75 dollars a bottle. Each bottle lasts a month. You take an ounce per day, and after each dose, you eat a banana or eat potatoes. its called %26quot;CESIUM CHLORIDE.%26quot;

The problem with chemo therapy is that they always say that they never know how each person will be affected by the chemicals. You could die the next day, or you can die in a month. BUT, you cannot live past 2 years. So, its not a good garauntee that you will extend your life for 2 years. The reason is because chemo therapy is a toxin. A poison that kills your body. And if it kills the cancers before it kills you then you are cured. And if the cancer dies before you die, you probably wont live past 5 years. Because even after the cancer is killed, your body is completely deteriorated. I bet you cannot ask 100 people who knew someone who went to chemo therapy and lived more then 5 years after defeating cancer. You might get lucky and find like 2 people. What are your chances that you will be that 2 lucky people that live? So, how good of a cure can chemo therapy be?

The key to defeating cancer is all over the net. But the people who sell these alternatives cannot say on their labels that their medicines cure cancer. It is against FDA rules. The reason is because if this is done, then doctors, hospitals, and pharmaceautical companies cannot make any money. So, according to FDA, it has to be stated on the bottles that it is for vitamins only, etc etc.

You can go find these medicines and take care of your cancers in 3 to 12 months. Just listen to me as I dont make anything off of this. I am only here to help. I am sick of these doctors and big companies making money off dyng people. Doctors wont tell you either. Its against their rules. Well, gee, they were ones who created these rules, so go figure. I believe there were like alot of medicines that take care of cancers. There is a top 10 list somewhere. I think cesium chloride is listed number 1 or 2 on the list.

I found a good bottle of this on www.nutrition2000.com. I think this was the address. You can always search the internet. Get the one that contains rubidium (I think this is how it is spelt). This helps your body absorb the medicine. Good luck my friend. And please pass this information to everybody you know that needs it.

I%26#039;m asking this based on the U of M study that found ginger kills ovarian cancer cells *very* well (attacks them two ways). So would it be safe to assume that ginger or ginger pills can help patients like my mom who has a bowel obstruction from the cancer? Seems like the cancer dies on contact with the ginger so maybe this is something to consider…any thoughts would be appreciated.|||The study shows promise, but it is too early to tell yet exactly what benefit ginger may have for ovarian cancer patients.

So, no, unfortunately there is no evidence yet that shows that ginger pills will help or not help your Mom.

http://www.med.umich.edu/opm/newspage/20…

Perhaps you could contact Michigan to see if they have any Clinical Trials?

At the moment I don%26#039;t see any available but Michigan would know more and could direct you.

http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct/search?term…

Clinical Trial by Condition

https://www.umms.med.umich.edu/engage/di…

I%26#039;m asking this based on the U of M study that found ginger kills ovarian cancer cells *very* well (attacks them two ways). So would it be safe to assume that ginger or ginger pills can help patients like my mom who has a bowel obstruction from the cancer? Seems like the cancer dies on contact with the ginger so maybe this is something to consider…any thoughts would be appreciated.|||The study shows promise, but it is too early to tell yet exactly what benefit ginger may have for ovarian cancer patients.

So, no, unfortunately there is no evidence yet that shows that ginger pills will help or not help your Mom.

http://www.med.umich.edu/opm/newspage/20…

Perhaps you could contact Michigan to see if they have any Clinical Trials?

At the moment I don%26#039;t see any available but Michigan would know more and could direct you.

http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct/search?term…

Clinical Trial by Condition

https://www.umms.med.umich.edu/engage/di…

11 weeks preg. Had symptoms of ovarian cancer before I got pregnant, meant to get another ultrasound, unexpectedly got pregnant a few weeks after stopped taking orthotrycyclen because of depression, worried.. is it possible to do a transvaginal ultrasoudn while pregnant? What can i do?|||Yes, you can get a transvaginal ultrasound while pregnant; they do it all the time to see how the pregnancy is developing. And yes, you should get it looked at right away. The symptoms of ovarian cancer are pretty vague, so lots of other things could be going on. You should start getting good prenatal care anyway, and in that context evaluate your overall health.

Do you have ovarian cancer in your family (or breast cancer?) I would ask family members–it will help you assess your risk.|||Certainly ultrasound is helpful in your case. This will aid your doctor to the proper diagnosis and treatment course.Treatment is similar to non-pregnant cases of Ovarian cancer %26amp; for some bioethical issues (you are pregnant) the age of gestation also matters. But before that the ultrasound will characterize what type of mass it is that defines it as malignant or benign.The character of these masses are graded and scored.Moreover doppler scans are also requested.The goldstandard , however that will document such will be a histopathologic report.Now, this entails you to see more of your perinatologist and a gynecologic oncologist .They will give you a hand…Hope I helped

I had surgery in Nov. and was diagnosed with stage 3a non-envasive Ovarian Cancer. They said the tumor was a borderline serious tumor and that I had microscopic cancer cells all the way up into my intestines. I%26#039;m 23 now but was 22 when all this happened. They removed my right ovary, fillopian tube, appendix, and a chunk out of my uterus. Has anyone else gone through this and if so, did it come back? I%26#039;m scared….|||I believe that overall there is still some controversy associated with Borderline Ovarian Cancer. These tumors are considered to be inbetween benign and malignant and the preferred treatment is complete surgical removal.

Unfortunately, the higher the stage you%26#039;ve had the more likely that the disease will reocurr. Here is an eMedicine report on the disease.

http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic3233.h…

Stage III Borderline Ovarian Cancer is considered a low grade, slow growing cancer. They are usually not treated after surgery and if the tumor reoccurs it is again removed surgically. Reoccurence can happen at anytime, but since this is slow growing it could take up to 15-20 years. At the moment, treatment using chemotherapy for advanced stages of the disease is controversial.

Work-up and Treatment of Borderline Epithelial Ovarian Cancer

http://www.nccn.org/patients/patient_gls…

Follow-up After Initial Treatment of Borderline Epithelial Ovarian Cancer

http://www.nccn.org/patients/patient_gls…

Best wishes with this. Stay strong and I hope it never comes back. If it does you can fight this. Stay strong.|||I would get an independent pathologist and another oncologist (cancer doctor) opinions.

go from there, i would not be happy if someone tells me I have a %26quot;borderline serious tumor%26quot; what does that mean? is it serious or not, if it is then they ave to be aggressive treating it, 3a sounds serious not %26quot;borderline%26quot;|||it will not come back most likely, esp. since it was non-envasive|||I think that with all the advances in medicine they have today that you will be fine. Thank goodness that they could remove it all. I am not sure what they told you about having children or if you even want them, but I know someone who has had 7 healthy children with just one ovary and fallopian tube! I wish you all the best!|||Stage 3a simply means that it has spread to other organs in the vicinity (i.e. the microscopic cells in the intestines), but that the lymph nodes and more distant organs are free of disease. A %26quot;borderline serious tumor%26quot; means it is a grade 0 (aka non-invasive), which makes it more easily removed and treated, but %26quot;serious%26quot; due to the local metastasis that had already ocurred.

There are a lot of factors affecting recurrence rates. I recommend aggressive chemo and regular checkups. If you do get a recurrence, catching it early will make it easier to treat, both mentally and physically. God bless.