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Ovarian Cancer  (Expert Forum)
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For those with Borderline tumors
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Annekathryn Goodman, M.D. - Gynecologic Cancers, Complex Gynecologic, Surgeries, Palliative Care, Acupuncture
Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center Boston - MA
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This forum is for questions and support regarding ovarian cancer issues, such as: Biopsy, Chemotherapy, Clinical Trials, Genetics, Hysterectomy,Immunotherapy, Ovarian Cancer Types, Radiation Therapy, Risk Factors, Screening, Staging, Surgery.

For those with Borderline tumors

by Grateful06, Jul 23, 2006 12:00AM
I just want to direct those in the diagnostic stages with borderline cancers, to the Ovarian Answers forum with Dr. Goodman, she is kind and brilliant, and has answered several of my pesky questions about borderline tumors.  My gyn/onc is pretty insistent that these are benign and should be thought of that way, but Dr. Goodman is more along the lines that the potential to metasticize makes this a subset of cancer.  I don't want to put words in to her mouth, so I just want to direct you to read her several answers on borderline tumors.  It does help.  I can tell you that I will be more adamant in finding out answers from my gyn/onc during follow up next month, but I also have to accept that there is not alone known about my tumor, and frankly that sucks, but I have to accept it.
Live life one day at a time.

by Annekathryn Goodman, M.D., Jul 24, 2006 12:00AM
Thank you for your kind words. There is actually alot of good papers out there. You all can go to Google, type in Google scholar and then do a search in there. You will see alot of the scientific papers there.
Here is one site that  I found that I thought was very good.
take care

www.emedicine.com/med/byname/ovarian-cancer.htm
Member Comments (3)

by Grateful06, Jul 23, 2006 12:00AM
meant to say "not a lot known about . . . "

by Grateful06, Jul 24, 2006 12:00AM
I AM AN IDIOT!  I meant to post this to the Ovarian Support forum, for many new posters trying to figure out the borderline category.  I CLAIM POST SURGERY PAIN MEDICATION HAZE FOR THIS ERROR!  Or maybe because I am blonde.  
Please forgive me . . .I would delete it if I could.  But I don't know how.  Sigh . . . .
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