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Jul 06, 2008 10:11AM in the Ovarian Cancer Community
You should go talk to your ob/gyn about your symptoms. When was your last pap? The ob/gyn can help you figure out what is going on with pap and other tests. Good luck. Fran
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Jul 02, 2008 06:12PM in the Ovarian Cancer Community
by the way...why is cr@p a bad word?
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Jul 02, 2008 06:12PM in the Ovarian Cancer Community
****, I said blood cell -- I meant blood VESSEL formation. need to proofread my posts!
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Jul 02, 2008 06:11PM in the Ovarian Cancer Community
What's good is Avastin targets angiogenesis (blood cell formation), whereas the other two are more involved with inhibiting cell division and with apoptosis (programmed cell death) -- so I would think -- Avastin doesn't have a direct effect on the bone marrow that would compound the effects of the other two either.
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Jul 02, 2008 05:28PM in the Ovarian Cancer Community
This is what I could find with a quick scan of the journals, studies are small so it makes it harder to generalize: A phase II study of outpatient first-line paclitaxel, carboplatin, and bevacizumab (Avastin) for advanced-stage epithelial ovarian, peritoneal, and fallopian tube cancer (Int J Gynecol Cancer. 2007 Jul-Aug;17(4):771-6. Epub 2007 Mar 5. PMID:...
Prayer circle for Jan214
Jun 27, 2008 08:48PM in the Ovarian Cancer Community
Count me in ... sending up a prayer for you too, Jan.