reccurrent sge 1v ovarian cancer in liver

[JANDS]

Hi again, haven't been on for some time now.  My mum was diagnosed sge iv ov cancer 1and a half yrs ago, had hysterectomy and omentum removed and carboplatin. She had scan which confirmed 6 months ago that lesions now in liver.  and has now just had her second caylix followed by her scan today. She is now very uncomfortable under her ribcage. Wondered if anyone knows of similar - don't want rose tinted answer - if people who have experienced similar don't want to answer I will also understand and respect this  Thanks

[crecco]

  I was also dx with stage IV ovarian cancer in Nov 05. At the time of my dx, the cancer had already spread to my liver. As a matter of fact, the Dr described my liver as "spectacular". At the time I thought he was paying me a compliment! How little I knew back then. I was too sick to have surgery so I had chemo first, 8 rounds of carbo/taxol. In June of 06 I had my debulking surgery and in July 06, I had a radiofrequency ablation to remove the tumors from my liver. I was very successful and I was able to enjoy about 4 months of thinking my cancer was gone. (I had continued on taxol as my Dr wanted me on it as a maintenence) When it started growing again, it was in my liver. I had another RFA done in May of 07.
  The RFA is a fairly simple and relatively painless procedure and can be done several times as it does not affect healthy tissue, it only kills the tumors. The one drawbvack is that they want the tumors as small as they can get them before doing it to make sure that the procedure will kill the whole thing. They want them to be not much more than 1cm. They can also tell what is what when they do a CT scan. The tumors that were killed show up as scar tissue and are a slightly different color than any new tumors. By the end of the year last year a couple of new ones showed up again in my liver. I currently have 2 or 3 small ones in the liver but the chemo has kept them small and under control. My onc keeps an eye on them and right now he feels there is no cause for alarm and says we will not worry to much about them as long as the chemo keeps them as small as they are.
  If your mothers onc has not mentioned anything about radiofrequency ablation, you might want to bring it up. As I live in a small town, I had to go to a bigger hospital to have it done, but it is worth the trip to me.
  It only requires an overnight stay in the hospital and I had virtually no pain afterwards from either one. the procedure is done by what is known as an interventional radiologist.
I wish you both the very best and if I can help in any other way, please let me know.
    Chris
PS I am sorry, I don't know how I missed this post when you made it.

[westajul]

sorry,
i responded to conquerer...chemo brain...lol....please read my response to conquerer...julie

[westajul]

I also had ovarian cancer 18 mos ago and had a recent  recurrence in the liver. Did they do a liver biopsy to confirm the lesions are cancerous? also what size are the lesions? are the lesion smaller than 1 cm? Mine are less than 1 cm. I am currently undergoing 5-fu/oxaliplatin/avastin/leucorvin chemo regime every 2 weeks for 3 months. My gyn. oncologists consulted with GI oncology specialists and they decided on this chemo regime. Some insurance companies won't approve avastin because it is very expensive but mine did. my prognosis is really good from my doctors. I also had an upper GI and a colonoscopy to confirm that there was no other cancer anywhere else. I hope the same for your mom.

[JANDS]

Thanks I will tell her to mention to consuoltant.Jackiex

[Conquerer]

see what her doctor says about radio requency ablation  it is helpful with ovarian cancer on the liver   fgood luck