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
| Treatment | Description | Reviewed by | Helps | |
 | Chemotherapy | Chemotherapy is the use of chemical substances to treat disease. In its modern-day us... Read Reviews | 89 Members | 96% of the time |
| Carboplatin | Carboplatin is a chemotherapy drug used against some forms of cancer (mainly ovarian ... Read Reviews | 62 Members | 90% of the time |
| Taxotere | Docetaxel is a clinically well established anti-mitotic chemotherapy medication used ... Read Reviews | 21 Members | 94% of the time |
| Radiotherapy | Radiotherapy is commonly used for the treatment of malignant tumours (cancer), and ma... Read Reviews | 15 Members | 87% of the time |
| Taxol | Paclitaxel (Taxol®) is a drug used in the treatment of cancer. Paclitaxel has since b... Read Reviews | 14 Members | 91% of the time |
| Gemcitabine | Gemcitabine is a nucleoside used as chemotherapy. It is marketed as Gemzar? by Eli Li... Read Reviews | 11 Members | 73% of the time |
| Hysterectomy | A hysterectomy is the surgical removal of the uterus, usually done by a gynecologist.... Read Reviews | 6 Members | 100% of the time |
| Surgery | Surgery is the medical specialty that treats diseases or injuries by operative manual... Read Reviews | 6 Members | 100% of the time |
| Positive Thinking | Positive thinking and a positive attitude may indeed have power. In recent years scie... Read Reviews | 3 Members | 100% of the time |
| Adriamycin | Doxorubicin or adriamycin or hydroxyldaunorubicin is a DNA-interacting drug widely us... Read Reviews | 2 Members | 50% of the time |
| Cisplatin | Cisplatin or cis-diamminedichloroplatinum is a platinum-based chemotherapy drug used ... Read Reviews | 2 Members | 100% of the time |
| Topotecan | Topotecan (Hycamtin®) is a chemotherapy agent that is a topoisomerase 1 inhibitor. It... Read Reviews | 2 Members | 100% of the time |
| Avastin | Bevacizumab (trade name Avastin®) is an anti-angiogenesis drug used in treatment of ... Read Reviews | 2 Members | 100% of the time |
| Abraxane | Abraxane is a unique formulation of nanoparticle albumin-bound (NAB)paclitaxel. It wa... Read Reviews | 2 Members | 100% of the time |
| Navelbine | Vinorelbine (Navelbine®) is an anti-mitotic chemotherapy drug that is given as a tre... Read Reviews | 2 Members | 0% of the time |
