What is Ovarian-Cancer

Ovarian cancer is a malignant ovarian neoplasm (an abnormal growth located on the ovaries). It is the fifth leading cause of cancer death in women, the leading cause of death from ...

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Ovarian Cancer Treatments

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Add to My TreatmentsChemotherapyChemotherapy is the use of chemical substances to treat disease. In its modern-day us... Read Reviews89 Members96%
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Add to My TreatmentsCarboplatinCarboplatin is a chemotherapy drug used against some forms of cancer (mainly ovarian ... Read Reviews62 Members90%
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Add to My TreatmentsTaxotereDocetaxel is a clinically well established anti-mitotic chemotherapy medication used ... Read Reviews21 Members94%
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Add to My TreatmentsRadiotherapyRadiotherapy is commonly used for the treatment of malignant tumours (cancer), and ma... Read Reviews15 Members87%
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Add to My TreatmentsTaxolPaclitaxel (Taxol®) is a drug used in the treatment of cancer. Paclitaxel has since b... Read Reviews14 Members91%
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Add to My TreatmentsGemcitabineGemcitabine is a nucleoside used as chemotherapy. It is marketed as Gemzar? by Eli Li... Read Reviews11 Members73%
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Add to My TreatmentsHysterectomyA hysterectomy is the surgical removal of the uterus, usually done by a gynecologist.... Read Reviews6 Members100%
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Add to My TreatmentsSurgerySurgery is the medical specialty that treats diseases or injuries by operative manual... Read Reviews6 Members100%
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Add to My TreatmentsPositive ThinkingPositive thinking and a positive attitude may indeed have power. In recent years scie... Read Reviews3 Members100%
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Add to My TreatmentsAdriamycinDoxorubicin or adriamycin or hydroxyldaunorubicin is a DNA-interacting drug widely us... Read Reviews2 Members50%
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Add to My TreatmentsCisplatinCisplatin or cis-diamminedichloroplatinum is a platinum-based chemotherapy drug used ... Read Reviews2 Members100%
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Add to My TreatmentsTopotecanTopotecan (Hycamtin®) is a chemotherapy agent that is a topoisomerase 1 inhibitor. It... Read Reviews2 Members100%
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Add to My TreatmentsAvastinBevacizumab (trade name Avastin®) is an anti-angiogenesis drug used in treatment of ... Read Reviews2 Members100%
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Add to My TreatmentsAbraxaneAbraxane is a unique formulation of nanoparticle albumin-bound (NAB)paclitaxel. It wa... Read Reviews2 Members100%
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Add to My TreatmentsNavelbineVinorelbine (Navelbine®) is an anti-mitotic chemotherapy drug that is given as a tre... Read Reviews2 Members0%
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