Treatment Of Ovarian Cancers
Published on Feb 25 2010, in the categories: General info, treatments
Chemotherapy in ovarian cancer - Chemotherapy is a mix of different agents and medicines that are used to treat cancer. Chemotherapy also called chemo besides curing cancer is known to control the growth of the tumor when the complete removal or curing is no longer possible. Chemo can also shrink down the tumor before a surgery because some women can handle a surgery that big from the beginning.
A doctor will prescribe the dosage of a chemo only after you have had your surgery and this depending by what infected areas was left or in what stage of your ovarian cancer are you. There are 4 stages of ovarian cancer. In the first stage it is known that the cancer is not such as life threatening and the chemo works very well for this kind of cancer. This kind of chemo for this stage is basic standard that is a combination of two agents called paclitaxel with carboplatin.
Usually the chemo starts after a few weeks after surgery because you need to recover and prepare for the possible side effects. In most of the cases chemo will last at this stage of the disease from three to six cycles, each cycle meaning a three weeks therapy. These periods of time are based on what side effects are the women in cause experiences and how well will the cancer improving. If the women can handle chemo very well she will be putted to a potentially less toxic chemotherapy based on the agent carboplatin alone.
Women who have extended ovarian cancer they enter in the category stage two of the disease. This is worse than the first stage because the cancer has spread to the nearby tissue even it has reached the fallopian tubes or the uterus. For this kind of cancer doctors recommend also the mix with the two agents’ paclitaxel with carboplatin but for a longer time, minimum six cycles which mean 18 weeks. Also for this kind of cancer doctors recommend the newest method that you could administrate the chemo that is called intraperitoneal way. This means that the chemo will not be administrated into the vein but directly in your abdominal area making the treatment more effective.
If the cancer has reached stage 3 or 4 that means that your cancer has spread to the vital parts of your body like your liver or lung. The chance of completing recover from this kind of cancer is very low. Something to mention, if you’re cancer has spread to the liver for example your liver cancer will be treated for the ovarian one because this is the debut of your illness. For this stage of cancer the chemo is the same as for the stage 2 and for the exactly amount of time.
But for this stage of cancer doctors are also recommend the intraperitonial way to administrate the chemo only because the ovarian cancer do not spread into your bloodstream but instead the tumor will be limited to grow in the abdominal area. So the advantage of a intraperitoneal chemo is that the chemo will reach exactly the infected areas giving you a lot more chances of healing.
A doctor will prescribe the dosage of a chemo only after you have had your surgery and this depending by what infected areas was left or in what stage of your ovarian cancer are you. There are 4 stages of ovarian cancer. In the first stage it is known that the cancer is not such as life threatening and the chemo works very well for this kind of cancer. This kind of chemo for this stage is basic standard that is a combination of two agents called paclitaxel with carboplatin.
Usually the chemo starts after a few weeks after surgery because you need to recover and prepare for the possible side effects. In most of the cases chemo will last at this stage of the disease from three to six cycles, each cycle meaning a three weeks therapy. These periods of time are based on what side effects are the women in cause experiences and how well will the cancer improving. If the women can handle chemo very well she will be putted to a potentially less toxic chemotherapy based on the agent carboplatin alone.
Women who have extended ovarian cancer they enter in the category stage two of the disease. This is worse than the first stage because the cancer has spread to the nearby tissue even it has reached the fallopian tubes or the uterus. For this kind of cancer doctors recommend also the mix with the two agents’ paclitaxel with carboplatin but for a longer time, minimum six cycles which mean 18 weeks. Also for this kind of cancer doctors recommend the newest method that you could administrate the chemo that is called intraperitoneal way. This means that the chemo will not be administrated into the vein but directly in your abdominal area making the treatment more effective.
If the cancer has reached stage 3 or 4 that means that your cancer has spread to the vital parts of your body like your liver or lung. The chance of completing recover from this kind of cancer is very low. Something to mention, if you’re cancer has spread to the liver for example your liver cancer will be treated for the ovarian one because this is the debut of your illness. For this stage of cancer the chemo is the same as for the stage 2 and for the exactly amount of time.
But for this stage of cancer doctors are also recommend the intraperitonial way to administrate the chemo only because the ovarian cancer do not spread into your bloodstream but instead the tumor will be limited to grow in the abdominal area. So the advantage of a intraperitoneal chemo is that the chemo will reach exactly the infected areas giving you a lot more chances of healing.
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