Hi Dr. Goodman,
In response to your question. I had thorough biopsing done during surgery.(stomach, lymph nodes, etc). They seem to agree that the staging was correct as Stage 1. The diagnosis was always a little questionable as to the exact type ovarian cancer other than to say epethial, mixed serous,undifferentiated, transitional cell carcinoma. The presence of HCG has never been understood. They all term me as "most unusual".
I am now going to switch from Doxil to Topotecan, since they state a drop of 15 points in my CA125 is not considered a positive reaction to Doxil.
Although nothing has shown up on any other tests, they do rule out anything else as the cause for the elevated CA125 other than cancer.
I am feeling quite alone, even though I have family support.
These decisions regarding my treatment are pretty much my own since this has become nothing more than guess work.