Annekathryn Goodman, M.D.
Hi there
surgical removal of an ovarian cyst is indicated if it is persistent over several months, is bigger than 5 cm, or is growing.
I suspect that your doctor has suggested a repeat ultrasound in 6 weeks.
there are other reasons for pain such as:
infection
twisting of a cyst which is called torsion
if you are having increasing pain, you shoul...
HI There,
the definition of a platinum resistant ovarian cancer is a cancer the grows back within 6 months of receiving a platinum based chemotherapy.
currently, in addition to topotecan, there are several other drugs that can be helpful:
doxil, gemzar, cytoxan
avastin can be helpful in treating ascites
Fluid in the abdomen (ascites) can reac...
Hi There
there is a wonderfully large body of information out there.
here is wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lymphedema
but if you google lymphedema or lymphology, which is the study of lymph, you will find alot of information
I do not think your mother's breathing is directly related to her leg swelling.
There are many reasons for sh...
I would start by talking to her doctor. But it can be tremendously useful to talk with the primary nurse caring for her. You can also ask to speak to the social worker on the service. All these professionals make up the team for your mother. From there, the decision to add other specialists follows (such as the palliative care service , chaplaincy, nutritiona...
Dear Ty,
You have some sort of growths on your ovaries
The possibilities range from
fibroids
benign cysts
endometriomas
benign tumors
borderline tumors
cancer
cancer is the least likely
the next step is surgical removal. They are small so it may be possible to remove laparoscopically unless there are too many adhesions from your other surgeri...
Hi There
The value of the CA 125 is not absolute but relative. So it is less important that it is 2150 but how different is that from what it was before. The other thing to know is that when the CA 125 is in the thousands, variations of a few hundred are not significant. so 2000 is not very different from 2500 even though the values of 20 and 500 are quite...
